Caryanda (grasshopper)

Caryanda
Caryanda spuria in Umbulharjo, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Caryandinae
Genus: Caryanda
Stål, 1878[1]
Synonyms
List
    • Austenia Ramme, 1929
    • Austeniella Ramme, 1931
    • Dibastica Giglio-Tos, 1907
    • Garyanda Wang & Zheng, 2000
    • Qinshuiacris Zheng & Mao, 1996
    • Sinocaryanda Mao & Ren, 2007
    • Tszacris Tinkham, 1940
External image
image icon Image of C. zheminzhengi at flickr

Caryanda is a large genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Caryandinae (it was placed previously in the tribe Oxyini). Species are recorded from Africa and Asia (India, China, Indo-China, through to New Guinea).[2]

  1. ^ Stål C (1878) Systema Acridiodeorum: essai d'une systématisation des acridiodées. Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 5(4): 47.
  2. ^ Caryanda at orthoptera.speciesfile.org