''Oxya''
is a genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
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Caelifera
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers ( Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...
:
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 ...
) found in Africa and Asia (where some species may be called "rice grasshoppers").
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following:
Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 January 2018)
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Gallery
Chinese rice grasshopper (Oxya chinensis).jpg, ''Oxya chinensis''
Oxya hyla female.jpg, ''Oxya hyla'' female, Benin
Oxya japonica DSCN9954.JPG, ''Oxya japonica''
Oxya yezoensis November 2007 Osaka Japan Edit.jpg, ''Oxya yezoensis'', Japan
References
External links
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Acrididae genera
Insect pests of rice