The Incolacridinae are a small subfamily of
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshopp ...
s found mostly in
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...
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Circumscription
The type genus is ''Incolacris
''Incolacris''Willemse C (1932) ''Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 101: 150. is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae (previously the tribe Incolacridini Tinkham, 1940). To date, species have been recorded from China, the Philippine ...
'', originally based on the tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
"Incolacri", then elevated to subfamily level by S.Y. Storozhenko in 2021.[Storozhenko SY (2021) On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Zootaxa'' 4970(1): 107, 108.] In this review, ''Incolacris'' was revived to its original name (having also been placed in the subfamily Catantopinae
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as '' Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the ...
) and the genus ''Asymmetritania
''Asymmetritania''Storozhenko SY (2021) On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Zootaxa'' 4970(1): 113DOI/ref> is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacrid ...
'' was separated from '' Stolzia'' (which is now restricted to Malesia, with uncertain records from India).
Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (retrieved 7 January 2023)]
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# ''Asymmetritania
''Asymmetritania''Storozhenko SY (2021) On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Zootaxa'' 4970(1): 113DOI/ref> is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacrid ...
'' Storozhenko, 2021
# ''Bettotania
''Bettotania''Willemse C (1933) ''Natuurh. Maandbl.'' 22: 75. is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species have been recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Specie ...
'' Willemse, 1933
# ''Incolacris
''Incolacris''Willemse C (1932) ''Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 101: 150. is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae (previously the tribe Incolacridini Tinkham, 1940). To date, species have been recorded from China, the Philippine ...
'' Willemse, 1932
# '' Stolzia'' Willemse, 1930
References
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Orthoptera subfamilies
Orthoptera of Asia
Acrididae