''Incolacris''
[Willemse C (1932) ''Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 101: 150.] is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...
of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshop ...
in the subfamily
Incolacridinae
The Incolacridinae are a small subfamily of grasshoppers found mostly in Indochina and Malesia.
Circumscription
The type genus is '' Incolacris'', originally based on the tribe "Incolacri", then elevated to subfamily level by S.Y. Storozhenko ...
(previously the tribe Incolacridini
Tinkham, 1940). To date, species have been recorded from China, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia.
[Orthoptera Species File]
''Incolacris'' Willemse, 1932 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 7 September 2021)
Four species of ''Incolacris'' have been also placed in the subfamily
Catantopinae
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as '' Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including t ...
and genus ''
Stolzia'', but the original name was revived in 2021 as part of a review of
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
Incolacridini.
[Storozhenko SY (2021) On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Zootaxa'' 4970(1): 108]
DOI
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Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[ lists:
# '' Incolacris flavomaculata'' Willemse, 1939
# '' Incolacris hainanensis'' Tinkham, 1940
# '' Incolacris jianfengensis'' (Zheng & Ma, 1989)
# '' Incolacris rubritarsi'' Willemse, 1932 - type species - locality ]Siargao
Siargao is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 196 kilometers southeast of Tacloban. It has a land area of approximately . The east coast is relatively straight with one deep inlet, Port Pilar. The coastline is marked by a s ...
, Philippines
# '' Incolacris trifasciata'' Willemse, 1932
References
External links
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Acrididae genera
Orthoptera of Malesia