Phyllochoreia

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.

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

The genus comprises four species:[1]

  • Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
  • Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
  • Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
  • Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930

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

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


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