Phyllochoreia

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Phyllochoreia
Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Tribe: Chorotypini
Genus: Phyllochoreia
Westwood, 1839
Type species
Phyllochoreia unicolor
Westwood, 1839

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.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:[1]

  1. Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
  2. Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
  3. Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
  4. Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930

A female specimen of Phyllochoria westwoodi Bolívar was designated as a holotype. 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

  1. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 April 2026)
  2. "species Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  3. Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.
  4. "Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914 | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  5. "Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839 | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-12-12.