''Patanga'' is a genus 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 in the subfamily

Cyrtacanthacridinae The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, ''criquets voyageurs'' in French-speaking Africa, and ''Knarrschrecken'' in German. It includes specie ...

. Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan,

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 western

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 ...

. The genus was named by

Boris Uvarov Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov (3 November 1886 – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts. He has been called the father of acridology. Biography Boris Petrovitch Uvarov was ...

in 1923, with the type species the economically significant '' Bombay locust'': which has also been placed in genus ''

Nomadacris The red locust (''Nomadacris septemfasciata'') is a large grasshopper species found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its name refers to the colour of its hind wings. It is sometimes called the ''criquet nomade'' in French, due to its nomadic movements in t ...

''.

Species

, the ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: #'' Patanga apicerca'' Huang, 1982 - China #'' Patanga avis'' Rehn & Rehn, 1941 - Philippines #'' Patanga humilis'' Bi, 1986 - Tibet #'' Patanga japonica'' (Bolívar, 1898) - India, Vietnam, Korea, Japan (poss. incomplete) #'' Patanga luteicornis'' (Serville, 1838) - Java #'' Patanga succincta'' (Johannson, 1763) - India, SE Asia, Japan

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10621613 Cyrtacanthacridinae Acrididae genera Orthoptera of Asia Taxa named by Boris Uvarov