The Caryandinae are a small subfamily of

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s found mostly in China, India,

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and

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, but the large type genus '' Caryanda'' also has species from Africa. Genera were previously placed in the

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Oxyini, with the subfamily erected by Yin & Liu in 1987.

Genera

The ''Orthoptera Species File''Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Caryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987 (retrieved 7 January 2023)
/ref> includes: # '' Caryanda'' Stål, 1878 # '' Cercina'' Stål, 1878 # '' Lemba'' Huang, 1983; Huang C (1983) ''Zool. Res.'' 4(2): 149. current records from southern China, species: ## '' Lemba bituberculata'' Yin & Liu, 1987 ## '' Lemba daguanensis'' Huang, 1983 - type species ## '' Lemba guizhouensis'' Yin, Zhang & You, 2013 ## '' Lemba motinagar'' Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004 ## '' Lemba sichuanensis'' Ma, Guo & Li, 1994 ## '' Lemba sinensis'' (Chang, 1939) ## '' Lemba viriditibia'' Niu & Zheng, 1992 ## '' Lemba wushanensis'' Yin, Shen & Yin, 2020 ## '' Lemba yunnana'' Ma & Zheng, 1994 ## '' Lemba zhengi'' Li, 1994

References

External links

* * {{taxonbar, from= Q116058107 Orthoptera subfamilies Orthoptera of Asia Acrididae