Borneogryllacris Explained

Borneogryllacris is a genus of Asian orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets', in the subfamily Hyperbaeninae and tribe Capnogryllacridini, erected by Heinrich Hugo Karny in 1937.^[1] As its name suggests, species were originally recorded from Borneo, with subsequent finds in Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina.^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Borneogryllacris borneoensis
   - type species (as Locusta (Gryllacris) borneoensis)
2. Borneogryllacris deschampsi
3. Borneogryllacris discolor
4. Borneogryllacris fruhstorferi
5. Borneogryllacris grassii
6. Borneogryllacris khmerica
7. Borneogryllacris plagiata
8. Borneogryllacris sakaerat
9. Borneogryllacris thaica
10. Borneogryllacris xujuni

Notes and References

1. Karny HH (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 Available here
2. https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/840695/overview Orthoptera Species File: genus Borneogryllacris Karny, 1937