Lemba (grasshopper)

Lemba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Caryandinae
Genus: Lemba
Huang, 1983

Lemba is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Caryandinae, erected by C. Huang in 1983.[1] As of August 2026, species records are mostly from southern China[2] (type species found in Yunnan) and N.E. India (L. motinagar in Meghalaya[3]).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes:

  1. Lemba bituberculata Yin & Liu, 1987
  2. Lemba daguanensis Huang, 1983 - type species
  3. Lemba guizhouensis Yin, Zhang & You, 2013
  4. Lemba motinagar Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004
  5. Lemba sichuanensis Ma, Guo & Li, 1994
  6. Lemba sinensis (Chang, 1939)
  7. Lemba viriditibia Niu & Zheng, 1992
  8. Lemba wushanensis Yin, Shen & Yin, 2020
  9. Lemba yunnana Ma & Zheng, 1994
  10. Lemba zhengi Li, 1994

References

  1. ↑ Huang C (1983) Zoological Research 4(2): 149. Available here Archived 2026-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Lemba Huang, 1983 (retrieved 10 August 2026)
  3. ↑ OSF: species Lemba motinagar Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004 Archived 2026-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (includes images)
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