Notes on the grasshopper genera Longgenacris You amp; Li, 1983 and Fruhstorferiola Willemse, 1922 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) with proposal of a new synonym

Bing Jiang; Haojie Wang; Sergey Yu Storozhenko; Jianhua Huang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.8

Notes on the grasshopper genera Longgenacris You amp; Li, 1983 and Fruhstorferiola Willemse, 1922 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) with proposal of a new synonym

Zootaxa. 2019 Jul 1;4624(3):zootaxa.4624.3.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.8.

Authors

Bing Jiang¹, Haojie Wang, Sergey Yu Storozhenko, Jianhua Huang

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees (Central South University of Forestry and Technology), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Pest Management for Higher Education in Hunan Province, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716215
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.8

Abstract

A taxonomic review of the genus Longgenacris You Li, 1983 is provided, the taxonomic position of the genus is discussed briefly and clarified; the original placement of the genus in the subfamily Melanoplinae is confirmed. Type species of the genus Fruhstorferiola Willemse, 1922 is redescribed and new synonymy is proposed: Fruhstorferiola tonkinensis (Willemse, 1921) = Longgenacris rufiantennus Zheng et Wei, 2003, syn. nov.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae, Longgenacris, Fruhstorferiola, new synonymy, China, Vietnam.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Grasshoppers*