Chininae

Chininae is a subfamily of Asian grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae[1] based on the type genus China. There are currently two known genera and about nine described species, found in southern China and Southeast Asia.[2] The subfamily was first formally erected in 1899.[3]

Chininae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Subfamily: Chininae
Burr, 1899
Synonyms
  • Chinae Burr, 1899
  • Chinini Burr, 1899

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Chininae:[2]

  • China Burr, 1899 - monotypic China mantispoides from China and Indochina
  • Eupatrides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 - Malesia

References
  1. "Chininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "subfamily Chininae Burr, 1899". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. Burr M (1899) An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 28:94, 256.
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