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.Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Valanga'' Uvarov, 1923 (retrieved 11 March 2020)
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Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following ''Valanga'' species: *'' Valanga cheesmanae'' Uvarov, 1932 *'' Valanga chloropus'' Sjöstedt, 1932 *'' Valanga coerulescens'' Willemse, 1953 *'' Valanga conspersa'' Uvarov, 1923 *'' Valanga excavata'' Stål, 1861 *'' Valanga fakfakensis'' Sjöstedt, 1932 *'' Valanga geniculata'' Stål, 1877 *''

Valanga gilbertensis ''Valanga''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia an ...

'' Willemse, 1970 *'' Valanga gohieri'' Le Guillou, 1841 *'' Valanga ilocano'' Rehn & Rehn, 1941 *''

Valanga irregularis ''Valanga irregularis'' (common name "giant grasshopper", "giant valanga" or "hedge grasshopper") belongs to the Family (biology), family Acrididae. The distribution is restricted in the Australian tropics and subtropics. The species is the large ...

'' Walker, 1870 *'' Valanga isolata'' Willemse, 1955 *'' Valanga marquesana'' Uvarov, 1927 *'' Valanga meleager'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Valanga modesta'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Valanga nigricornis'' (Burmeister, 1838) - type species (as ''Acridium nigricorne'' = ''V. nigricornis nigricornis'') *'' Valanga nobilis'' Sjöstedt, 1930 *'' Valanga papuasica'' Finot, 1907 *'' Valanga pulchripes'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Valanga rapana'' Uvarov, 1927 *''

Valanga renschi ''Valanga''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia an ...

'' Ramme, 1941 *''

Valanga rouxi ''Valanga''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia an ...

'' Willemse, 1923 *''

Valanga rubrispinarum ''Valanga''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia an ...

'' Sjöstedt, 1936 *''

Valanga salomonica ''Valanga''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia an ...

'' Sjöstedt, 1932 *'' Valanga sjostedti'' Uvarov, 1923 *'' Valanga soror'' Sjöstedt, 1936 *'' Valanga stercoraria'' Holdhaus, 1909 *'' Valanga tenimberensis'' Sjöstedt, 1930 *'' Valanga transiens'' Walker, 1870 *'' Valanga uvarovia'' Willemse, 1955 *'' Valanga willemsei'' Sjöstedt, 1932

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10712105 Acrididae genera Taxa named by Boris Uvarov Cyrtacanthacridinae