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Ritchiella

Ritchiella is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae with species found in Africa.

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Ritchiella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Genus: Ritchiella
Mungai, 1992
Type species
Acridium sanguineum
Sjöstedt, 1912

Ritchiella is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae with species found in Africa.12

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ritchiella:1

  • Ritchiella asperata (Bolívar, 1882)
  • Ritchiella baumanni (Karsch, 1896)
  • Ritchiella rungwensis Mungai, 1992
  • Ritchiella sanguinea (Sjöstedt, 1912)
  • Ritchiella uvarovi (Sjöstedt, 1924)
References

References

  1. "genus Ritchiella Mungai, 1992". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  2. Mungai. 1992. Tropical Zoology 5(2):262, 265.