''Ceracris''
[Walker F (1870) ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum'' 4: 721,790.] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family
Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...
, subfamily
Oedipodinae, found in tropical Asia. ''
C. kiangsu'' is the yellow-spined bamboo
locust
Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...
which infests
Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
and southern China.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' and
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
list:
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Ceracris amplicornis''
Cao, Dang & Yin, 2019
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Ceracris chuannanensis''
Ou, Zheng & Chen, 1995
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Ceracris deflorata''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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Ceracris fasciata''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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Ceracris hainanensis''
Liu & Li, 1995
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Ceracris hoffmanni''
Uvarov, 1931
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Ceracris jianfenglingensis''
Feng, Qiao & Yin, 2018
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Ceracris jiangxiensis''
Wang, 1992
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Ceracris kiangsu''
Tsai, 1929
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Ceracris nigricornis''
Walker, 1870- type species (subspecies ''nigricornis'', locality
Darjeeling
Darjeeling (, , ) is a city in the northernmost region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the Koshi Pr ...
)
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Ceracris striata''
Uvarov, 1925
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Ceracris szemaoensis''
Zheng, 1977
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Ceracris versicolor''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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Ceracris xizangensis''
Liu, 1981
References
External links
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OSF: ''Ceracris''
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Oedipodinae
Acrididae genera