''Tauchira''
[Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48] 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 ...
(
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 ...
) 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 ...
and tribe
Tauchirini
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 the ...
. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
[Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 24 November 2021)]
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Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[ lists the following:
#'' Tauchira abbreviata'' Serville, 1838
#'' Tauchira buae'' Bolívar, 1898
#'' Tauchira damingshana'' Zheng, 1984
#'' Tauchira grandiceps'' Willemse, 1928
#'' Tauchira hunanensis'' Fu & Zheng, 1999
#'']Tauchira karnyi
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Willemse, 1925
#''Tauchira longipennis
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Liang, 1989
#''Tauchira obliqueannulata
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
#''Tauchira oreophilus
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Tinkham, 1940
#''Tauchira polychroa
''Tauchira polychroa'' is a species of short-horned grasshopper 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 ...
'' (Stål, 18750 - type species (as ''Oxya
''Oxya'' is a genus of grasshoppers (Caelifera: Acrididae) found in Africa and Asia (where some species may be called "rice grasshoppers").
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following:
Gallery
Chinese rice grasshopper (Oxya ch ...
polychroa'' Stål)
#''Tauchira rufotibialis
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Willemse, 1925
#''Tauchira vietnamensis
''Tauchira''Stål (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4):48 is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species Fi ...
'' Storozhenko, 1992
References
External links
Images at ''Phuket Nature Tours'' (grasshoppers)
of ''Tauchira polychroa''.
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Acrididae genera
Catantopinae