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Oxya fuscovittata

Description

Oxya fuscovittata (Marschall, 1836)

Distribution in Nepal: Chitwan National Park, Marsyangdi valley and Nagarkot (Balderson & Xiangchu, 1987).

General distribution: Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan (Shishodia et al., 2010).

Remarks: All reported grasshoppers under the genus Oxya were pests of rice, maize, and sugarcane. Sometimes they outbroke and reported heavy damages (Gyawali et al 2019; 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 478, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.467, http://zenodo.org/record/17021532

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Marschall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Oxya
Species
fuscovittata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oxya fuscovittata (Marschall, 1836) sec. Pudasaini & Dhital, 2022

References

  • Balderson, J. & Xiangchu, Y. (1987) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea and Acridoidea) collected in Nepal. Entomologist's Gazette, 38, 269-299.
  • 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.
  • Gyawali A., Regmi, B., Pudasaini, R. & Acharya, N. (2019) Diversity and abundance of insect pest of low land rice field in Lamahi, Dang. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2 (1), 238-243. https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v2i1.26081
  • 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