Meruana
Scientific classification Edit this 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, 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. 1 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.
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