Sunday, May 11, 2025

[Entomology • 2025] Anacranae maculata • Review of the Genus Anacranae Miller, 1934 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae)

  

 Anacranae maculata
Dawwrueng, Storozhenko & Suwannapoom, 2025. 
 

Abstract  
The genus Anacranae Miller includes five species distributed in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. A new species, Anacranae maculata sp. nov., is described from northern Thailand. Hitherto unknown male of Anacranae vietnamensis Storozhenko is described and this species is recorded from Thailand for the first time. Anacranae beybienkoi Storozhenko known from northeastern Thailand is also widely distributed in western and northern Thailand. Anacranae nuda Miller and A. gorochovi Storozhenko are endemic to peninsular Malaysia and South Vietnam respectively. A key to species of Anacranae is also given.

Orthoptera, Acrididae, Gereniini, Anacranae, taxonomy, new species, new records, key, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam

Anacranae beybienkoi from Ratchaburi, Thailand
male (above), female (below) 
Anacranae vietnamensis from Chantaburi, Thailand
male (above), female (below) 

Anacranae maculata sp. nov. female from Chiang Rai


Pattarawich DAWWRUENG, Sergey YU. STOROZHENKO and Chatmongkon SUWANNAPOOM. 2025. Review of the Genus Anacranae Miller, 1934 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae). Zootaxa. 5632(2); 364-376. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.9  [2025-05-07]