Chininae is a subfamily of Asian grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae[1] based on the type genus China. There are currently two known genera and about nine described species, found in southern China and Southeast Asia.[2] The subfamily was first formally erected in 1899.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Chorotypidae |
| Subfamily: | Chininae Burr, 1899 |
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Genera edit
These two genera belong to the subfamily Chininae:[2]
- China Burr, 1899 - monotypic China mantispoides from China and Indochina
- Eupatrides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 - Malesia
References edit
- ^ "Chininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "subfamily Chininae Burr, 1899". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Burr M (1899) An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 28:94, 256.