''Meruana''
[Sjöstedt BY (1910) In Sjöstedt d.''Abteilung'' 15-22. ''Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt'' 3: 181.] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
, subfamily
Hemiacridinae
The HemiacridinaeDirsh VM (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 108 '': 223-356. are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. S ...
from eastern Africa.
[Orthoptera Species File: ''Meruana'' Sjöstedt, 1910 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 3 June 2021)]
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Species
, the Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...
[ list:
*'' Meruana sakuensis'' (Kevan, 1966)
*'' Meruana usambarica'' (Karsch, 1896) - type species (as ''Meruana nyuki'' Sjöstedt)
]
References
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Acrididae
Acrididae genera
Orthoptera of Africa