Miriatroides Explained

Miriatroides is a genus of Asian ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Metrodorinae and placed in the tribe Cleostratini; it was erected by Z. Zheng and G. Jiang in 2002.[1] The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) for species in this genus is western China, India, Vietnam and Sulawesi.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Miriatroides gravelyi
  2. Miriatroides hainanensis - type species (as M. quadrivertex : originally placed in Spadotettix by Günther)
  3. Miriatroides heinrichi
  4. Miriatroides kannackiensis
  5. Miriatroides luna
  6. Miriatroides subansiriensis

Notes and References

  1. Zheng Z, Jiang G (2002) One new genus and seven new species of Tetrigoidea from southern region of Guangxi. Zoological Research, 23(5), 409–416. Available here
  2. http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1101419 Orthoptera Species File