Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan Department of Entomology, Texas AM University, College Station, TX, USA.
Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 16;4895(3):zootaxa.4895.3.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.4.
The Indian subcontinent is known to harbor a high level of insect biodiversity and endemism, but the grasshopper fauna in this region is poorly understood, in part due to the lack of appropriate taxonomic resources. Based on detailed examinations of museum specimens and high-resolution digital images, we have produced an illustrated key to 21 Pyrgomorphidae genera known from the Indian subcontinent. This new identification key will become a useful tool for increasing our knowledge on the taxonomy of grasshoppers in this important biogeographic region.
已知印度次大陆拥有高度的昆虫生物多样性和特有性，但该地区的蝗虫动物区系了解甚少，部分原因是缺乏适当的分类学资源。基于对博物馆标本和高分辨率数字图像的详细检查，我们制作了一个来自印度次大陆的 21 个锥头蝗科属的插图识别钥匙。这个新的鉴定钥匙将成为增加我们对这个重要生物地理区域蝗虫分类学知识的有用工具。
