Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 31, 2026

Meloimorpha

Meloimorpha is a genus of cricket in the subfamily Cachoplistinae and tribe Homoeogryllini. The recorded distribution is: India, China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.

Last revised
Jul 31, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
145 w
Citations
2
Source
Meloimorpha
Meloimorpha japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Phalangopsidae
Subfamily: Cacoplistinae
Tribe: Homoeogryllini
Genus: Meloimorpha
Walker, 1870
Synonyms

Meliomorpha Storozhenko & Paik, 2007

Meloimorpha1 is a genus of cricket in the subfamily Cachoplistinae and tribe Homoeogryllini. The recorded distribution is: India, China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam (but probably other countries in Indo-China).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File2 lists:

  • Meloimorpha albicornis Walker, 1869 - India, Vietnam
  • Meloimorpha cincticornis Walker, 1870 - type species, locality "Indian subcontinent"
  • Meloimorpha indica Agarwal & Sinha, 1988
  • Meloimorpha japonica Haan, 1842 - India, Indo-china, China, Korea, Japan
References

References

  1. Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 468.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 6 February 2019)
External links