Neorthacris

{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Neorthacris

| authority =Kevan & Singh, 1964{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1965.tb00045.x |title=The genus Orthacris Bolivar, 1884, and its allies (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) |year=2009 |last1=Singh |first1=Asket |last2=Kevan |first2=D. Keith McE. |journal=Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London |volume=117 |issue=13 |pages=367–411 }}

| image = Neorthacris of Nayikayam Thattu.jpg

| image_caption = N. simulans

}}

Neorthacris is a genus of wingless grasshoppers in the Pyrgomorphidae. Species in the genus are found in South Asia, mainly in subcontinental India.

Species

Species in the genus include:

  1. Neorthacris acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902)
    N. a. acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902) - type species (as Orthacris acuticeps Bolívar)
    N. a. nilgirensis (Uvarov, 1929)
  2. Neorthacris longicercata Singh & Kevan, 1965
  3. Neorthacris malabarensis Singh & Kevan, 1965
  4. Neorthacris palnensis (Uvarov, 1929)
  5. Neorthacris simulans (Bolívar, 1902)

References

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Category:Orthoptera genera

Category:Pyrgomorphidae