''Sanaa imperialis'' is a species of
bush cricket (or katydid) found in the
tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was described originally by
Adam White from a specimen obtained from
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
in Bangladesh. The description was published in 1846 and it was given the name ''Locusta imperialis''.
It was moved into the genus ''Sanaa'' by
Francis Walker in 1870.
[Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3:438]
References
Pseudophyllinae
imperialis
Insects described in 1846
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