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Potua

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

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Potua
Potua morbillosa, Borneo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Xerophyllini
Genus: Potua
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 File2 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

References

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