Patanga (grasshopper)

Patanga is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.^[1][2] Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan, Indochina and western Malesia.^[1] The genus was named by Boris Uvarov in 1923,^[3] with the type species the economically significant Bombay locust, which has also been placed in genus Nomadacris.

Patanga
Bombay locust, Patanga succincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Patanga Uvarov, 1923
Type species
Gryllus succinctus Johannson, 1763

Species

As of 2022^[update], the Orthoptera Species File lists:^[1]

1. Patanga apicerca Huang, 1982 — China
2. Patanga avis Rehn & Rehn, 1941 — Philippines
3. Patanga humilis Bi, 1986 — Tibet
4. Patanga japonica (Bolívar, 1898) — India, Vietnam, Korea, Japan (poss. incomplete)
5. Patanga luteicornis (Serville, 1838) — Java
6. Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763) — India, SE Asia, Japan