Melaneremus

Melaneremus is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) is: the Indian subcontinent, China, Indochina, western Malesia and western Pacific islands.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

1. Melaneremus atrotectus <small>(Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888)</small><br>type species (as Eremus atro-tectus <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl</small>)
2. Melaneremus borneensis <small>(Karny, 1925)</small>
3. Melaneremus canillii <small>(Griffini, 1915)</small>
4. Melaneremus fuscoterminatus <small>(Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888)</small>
5. Melaneremus harmandi <small>(Griffini, 1912)</small>
6. Melaneremus henryi <small>Karny, 1937</small>
7. Melaneremus javanicus <small>(Karny, 1924)</small>
8. Melaneremus kempi <small>(Griffini, 1914)</small>
9. Melaneremus kosraensis <small>Vickery & Kevan, 1999</small>
10. Melaneremus laticeps <small>(Karny, 1926)</small>
11. Melaneremus marianae <small>Vickery & Kevan, 1999</small>
12. Melaneremus nigrosignatus <small>(Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)</small>
13. Melaneremus philippinus <small>(Griffini, 1908)</small>
14. Melaneremus pupulus <small>(Bolívar, 1900)</small>
15. Melaneremus saiensis <small>Vickery & Kevan, 1999</small>
16. Melaneremus sikkimensis <small>Ingrisch, 2018</small>

Note:

• Melaneremus fruhstorferi , from Vietnam, has now been placed in the new (2024) genus Tenuigryllacris .
• Melaneremus bellus <small>Tan & Wahab, 2018</small>, from Brunei, is now in genus Monseremus
• Melaneremus bilobus <small>Bey-Bienko, 1957</small>, from southern China, is now in genus Homogryllacris

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