''Sedulia'' 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. Grassh ...

in the subfamily

Catantopinae The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family (biology), family Acrididae. Genera such as ''Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamili ...

, not assigned to any

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. Species can be found in peninsular Malaysia and other parts of

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

(records are probably incomplete).Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 September 2019)
/ref> Similar genera include the recently differentiated: ''

Anasedulia ''Anasedulia'' Dawwrueng, Storozhenko & Asanok (2015) ''Far Eastern Entomologist'' 299: 2. is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Gereniini. The single species to date, ''Anasedulia maejophrae'', has been ...

'', ''

Leosedulia ''Leosedulia''Storozhenko S (2009) ''Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae' 80(1): 17. is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Gereniini. The single species, ...

'' and '' Striatosedulia''. A key to species and closely related genera is given by Tan ''et al.'' who state that "Southeast Asia is a highly biodiverse region with many species of grasshoppers described since the 19th century. Historical species descriptions are however often not comprehensive and do not meet the modern criteria of taxonomy. Previously used characters for identification need to be re-examined."Tan MK, Robillard T, Kamaruddin KN (2016) Revision of the grasshopper genus ''Sedulia'' Stål, 1878 (Acrididae: Catantopinae) from Malay Peninsula. ''Zootaxa'', 4107(2):255-266. (DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.7)

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File''. lists: *'' Sedulia perakensis'' Willemse, 1932 *'' Sedulia specularia'' Stål, 1875 - type species (as '' Traulia specularia'' Stål)

References

External links

Singapore Biodiversity Online: ''Sedulia specularia'' (Stål, 1875)
* {{taxonbar, from = Q10665025 Orthoptera of Asia Catantopinae