Potua

This article is about the genus of groundhoppers. For the Bengali artist, see Quamrul Hassan.

Potua
Potua morbillosa, Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Xerophyllini
Genus:
Bolívar, 1887

Potua is a genus of Asian groundhoppers in the subfamily Cladonotinae and tribe Xerophyllini, erected by Bolívar in 1887;[1] distribution records are discontinuous between India and western Malesia.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887 - type species (2 subspecies)
  2. Potua morbillosa (Walker, 1871)
  3. Potua sabulosa Hancock, 1915

Note: Potua aptera is a synonym of Deltonotus gibbiceps (Bolívar, 1902)

References

  1. ^ Bolívar I (1887) Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31: 183, 192, 208.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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