Meruana[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Hemiacridinae from eastern Africa.[2]
| Meruana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Hemiacridinae |
| Tribe: | Leptacrini |
| Genus: | Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 |
Species
editAs of 2021[update], the Catalogue of Life[3] and Orthoptera Species File[2] list:
- Meruana sakuensis (Kevan, 1966)
- Meruana usambarica (Karsch, 1896) - type species (as Meruana nyuki Sjöstedt)
References
edit- ^ Sjöstedt BY (1910) In Sjöstedt [Ed.] Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3: 181.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 3 June 2021)
- ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 31 January 2018.