Phyllochoreia
| Phyllochoreia | |
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| Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai (female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Chorotypidae |
| Tribe: | Chorotypini |
| Genus: | Phyllochoreia Westwood, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
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Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is in the family Chorotypidae of the superfamily Eumastacoidea.
Four species are known:[1]
- Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
- Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
- Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
- Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930
The Phyllochoria westwoodi Bolívar is designated as a holotype and belongs to the category of a female specimen. It was collected from Coonoor in the Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu, India, located in the tropical region of Asia within the Indian Subcontinent. The holotype is housed at the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH).[2]
The holotype specimen of Phyllochoria ramakrishnai Bolívar is a male from Kollur Ghat, located in Udupi District, Karnataka, India. The specimen is preserved in the T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar collection. Within India, its distribution also includes Kerala. This species was named by Bolívar in 1914 after collector.[3][4]
The type specimen of Phyllochoria unicolor Westwood is a female from the Malabar Region in Kerala, India. The specimen is preserved at the University Museum of Natural History in Oxford, United Kingdom.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Orthoptera Species File
- ^ "species Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.
- ^ "Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914 | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ "Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839 | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-12-12.