Meruana

This article is about a genus of grasshoppers. For the genus of chalcid wasps formerly known as Meruana, see Meruacesa.

Meruana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Hemiacridinae
Tribe:	Leptacrini
Genus:	Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910

Meruana[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Hemiacridinae from eastern Africa.[2]

Species

As of 2021^[update], the Catalogue of Life[3] and Orthoptera Species File[2] list:

• Meruana sakuensis (Kevan, 1966)
• Meruana usambarica (Karsch, 1896) - type species (as Meruana nyuki Sjöstedt)

References

1. Sjöstedt BY (1910) In Sjöstedt [Ed.] Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3: 181.
2. Orthoptera Species File: Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 3 June 2021)
3. 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 31 January 2018.