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Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is in the family Chorotypidae of the superfamily Eumastacoidea.
The genus comprises four species:[1]
- Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
- Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
- Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
- Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930
The species Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai was named by Bolívar in 1914 after the Indian entomologist T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar.[2]
References
- ^ Orthoptera Species File
- ^ Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.
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