Hieroglyphus

Hieroglyphus
Hieroglyphus daganensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Informal group:	Acridomorpha
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Hemiacridinae
Genus:	Hieroglyphus Krauss, 1877
Synonyms
Miramia Uvarov, 1933

Hieroglyphus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae: subfamily Hemiacridinae and the tribe Hieroglyphini Bolívar, 1912. Species can be found in Africa and Asia.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

1. Hieroglyphus acuticercus Kumar & Usmani, 2015 - India
2. Hieroglyphus africanus Uvarov, 1922 - Sahel
3. Hieroglyphus akbari Riffat & Wagan, 2012 - Pakistan
4. Hieroglyphus annulicornis Shiraki, 1910 - India, Viet Nam, Taiwan
5. Hieroglyphus banian Fabricius, 1798 - India, Viet Nam
6. Hieroglyphus concolor Walker, 1870 - India, Indo-China
7. Hieroglyphus daganensis Krauss, 1877 - type species - Sahel
8. Hieroglyphus kolhapurnesis Swaminathan, Swaminathan & Nagar, 2017 - India
9. Hieroglyphus indicus Mason, 1973 - India
10. Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus Bolívar, 1912 - India
11. Hieroglyphus oryzivorus Carl, 1916 - India
12. Hieroglyphus perpolita Uvarov, 1933 - Pakistan
13. Hieroglyphus tonkinensis Bolívar, 1912 - Indo-China, eastern China

Gallery

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  H. banian (syn. H. furcifer)
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References

1. Krauss (1877[1878]) S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1): 41.
2. "genus Hieroglyphus Krauss, 1877". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

• Media related to Hieroglyphus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Hieroglyphus at Wikispecies
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 January 2018.