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Oxyphlaeobella is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Acridinae. Species can be found in southern China and Indo-China.[1][2]
| Oxyphlaeobella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Acridinae |
| Tribe: | Phlaeobini |
| Genus: | Oxyphlaeobella Ramme, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Oxyphlaeobella rugosa Ramme, 1941 | |
The head is narrow and pointed with the fastigium [3] slightly longer than wide.[2] The head, pronotum, and rear of the abdomen are heavily wrinkled.[2] It differs from Chlorophlaeoba in the shape of its forewings and fastigium.[2]
The genus was formally described by German entomologist Willy Ramme in 1940.[2] The type species is a male Oxyphlaeobella rugosa, collected at an elevation of 2,800 m (9,200 ft) above sea level on Mt. Victoria (Nat Ma Taung) of the Chin Hills range in Myanmar.[2]
Species and type localities include:[1][4]
- Oxyphlaeobella kongtumensis Mishchenko & Storozhenko, 1990 — Vietnam[5]
- Oxyphlaeobella rugosa Ramme, 1941 — Chin Hills, Myanmar[6]
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