Microlarnaca

Microlarnaca[1] is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution is from localities in China and Vietnam.[2]

Microlarnaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllacrididae
Tribe: Gryllacridini
Genus: Microlarnaca
Gorochov, 2004

The prefix "Micro-" indicates that these Orthopterans are smaller but similar to the genus Larnaca. There are a number of similar genera, described from Vietnam by AV Gorochov, and the Orthoptera Species File indicates that other locality records[2] and possibly other species have yet to be discovered in the Indo-China region.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  • Microlarnaca dicrana (Bey-Bienko, 1962)
  • Microlarnaca fansipan Gorochov, 2004
    type species (locality: Fan Si Pan Mountain, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam)

References
  1. Gorochov AV (2004) Ent. Rev. 84(8): 907.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 29 December 2020)
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