Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is in the family Chorotypidae of the superfamily Eumastacoidea.
| Phyllochoreia | |
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| Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai (female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Chorotypidae |
| Tribe: | Chorotypini |
| Genus: | Phyllochoreia Westwood, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
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The genus comprises four species:[1]
- Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
- Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
- Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
- Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930
The species Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai was named by Bolívar in 1914 after the Indian entomologist T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar.[2]
References edit
- ^ Orthoptera Species File
- ^ Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.