Published September 1, 2022 | Version v1
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Hieroglyphus banian

Description

Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution in Nepal: Kathmandu (Joshi & Manandhar, 2001).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam (Shishodia et al., 2010).

Remarks: H. banian is one of the major native grasshopper species in Nepal and generally outbreaks in the summer and is responsible for serious damage to rice, sugarcane, and maize (Paudel et al., 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Pudasaini, Rameshwor & Dhital, Sushil, 2022, A review of the Acrididae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) recorded in Nepal, pp. 467-482 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3) on page 475, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.467, http://zenodo.org/record/17021532

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Hieroglyphus
Species
banian
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798) sec. Pudasaini & Dhital, 2022

References

  • Joshi, S. L. & Manandhar, D. N. (2001) Reference Insects of Nepal. Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal. 122 p.
  • Shishodia, M., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S. K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Zoological Survey of India Occassional publication, 314, 1-366.
  • Paudel, K., Dangi, N., Ansari, A. R. & Regmi, R. (2020) A survey and assessment of grasshoppers' population in various sugarcane growing areas of Harion municipality in Sarlahi district. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 3, 314-320. https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v3i2.32538