Erianthus (insect)

Erianthus
Unknown Erianthus species from Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Subfamily: Erianthinae
Genus: Erianthus
Stål, 1875
Type species
Mastax guttata
Westwood, 1841

Erianthus is a genus of grasshoppers restricted to Southeast Asia. They occur in Japan, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, South China including Hong Kong, and extend east to Sumatra.[citation needed] In the past some neotropical species were also included in the genus. They have narrow ranges and species are identifiable only by their characteristics of male and female genitalia.[1][2]

The genus was erected in 1875 by Swedish entomologist Carl Stål in his Observations Orthopterologiques.[3] Erianthus is the family Chorotypidae and is the largest genus in the subfamily Erianthinae by number of species.[4] The type species is Mastax guttata (now Erianthus guttatus).[5]

Species

Erianthus versicolor

As of 2018, species in Erianthus include:[5]

References

  1. ^ Ingrisch, S.; Willemse, F. (1988). "Revision of the genus Erianthus Stal in Thailand and Malaysia (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea: Erianthinae)". Entomol. Scand. 19: 87–101.
  2. ^ Descamps M (1975). "Revision du genre Erianthus Stål, 1875 (Orth. Eumastacoidea, Erianthinae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 11 (1): 91–136.
  3. ^ Stål (1875). "Observations Orthopterologiques". Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 3 (14). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subfamily Erianthinae Karsch, 1889". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Erianthus Stål, 1875". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 December 2018.