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Phyllochoreia

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Phyllochoreia
Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Tribe: Chorotypini
Genus: Phyllochoreia
Westwood, 1839
Type species
Phyllochoreia unicolor
Westwood, 1839

Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is in the family Chorotypidae of the superfamily Eumastacoidea.

The genus comprises four species:[1]

The species Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai was named by Bolívar in 1914 after the Indian entomologist T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Orthoptera Species File
  2. ^ Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.