Chondracris

Chondracris is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae erected by Boris Uvarov in 1923. Species records are distributed throughout Asia: from India, southern China, Korea, Japan, Indo-China and Java.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following (other species have now been placed in the genus Ritchiella):

1. Chondracris bengalensis <small>Mungai, 1992</small>
2. Chondracris rosea <small>(De Geer, 1773)</small> - type species (as Acrydium roseum <small>De Geer</small>)

Note: a third species Chondracris capensis remains nomen dubium.

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