Erianthus (insect)
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''Erianthus'' is a genus of grasshoppers restricted to Southeast Asia. They occur in Japan, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, South China including Hong Kong, and extend east to Sumatra. In the past some neotropical species were also included in the genus. They have narrow ranges and species are identifiable only by their characteristics of male and female genitalia. The genus was erected in 1875 by Swedish entomologist
Carl Stål Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son of architect, ...
in his ''Observations Orthopterologiques''. ''Erianthus'' is the family Chorotypidae and is the largest genus in the subfamily Erianthinae by number of species. The type species is ''Mastax guttata'' (now '' Erianthus guttatus'').


Species

, species in ''Erianthus'' include: *'' Erianthus angulatus'' Ingrisch & Willemse, 1988 – Thailand *'' Erianthus armatus'' Descamps, 1975 – Vietnam *'' Erianthus bolivari'' Descamps, 1975 – Indochina *'' Erianthus delattrei'' Descamps, 1975 – Cambodia *'' Erianthus dohrni'' Bolívar, 1914 – Vietnam *'' Erianthus fruhstorferi'' Bolívar, 1930 – Thailand *'' Erianthus guttatus'' (Westwood, 1841) – Malesia *'' Erianthus inhamatus'' Ingrisch & Willemse, 1988 – Thailand *'' Erianthus malcolmi'' Bolívar, 1903 – Malaysia *'' Erianthus manueli'' Ingrisch & Willemse, 1988 – Thailand *'' Erianthus nipponensis'' Rehn, 1904 – Japan *'' Erianthus pyramidalis'' Ingrisch & Willemse, 1988 – Thailand *'' Erianthus rehni'' Descamps, 1975 – Thailand *'' Erianthus serratus'' Ingrisch & Willemse, 1988 – Thailand *'' Erianthus sukhothaiensis'' Descamps, 1981 – Thailand *'' Erianthus versicolor'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 – Indochina *'' Erianthus vitalisi'' Bolívar, 1914 – Indochina


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10487496 Chorotypidae Caelifera genera Orthoptera of Asia Insects of Southeast Asia