genus

Buforania Sjöstedt, 1920

Type

Buforania rufa Sjöstedt, 1920 type species by subsequent designation of Buforania Sjöstedt, 1920

Buforania Sjöstedt, 1920: 61.
type species by subsequent designation Buforania rufa Sjöstedt, 1920 in Sjöstedt, 1921
Buforania Sjöstedt, 1920 in Sjöstedt, 1921: 64.
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Key, K.H.L. & Colless, D.H. (1993) A higher classification of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). 2. Subfamily Catantopinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7(1), 89–111.
Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
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Uvarov, B.P. (1943) The tribe Thrinchini of the subfamily Pamphaginae, and the interrelations of the acridid subfamilies (Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 93(1), 1–72. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1943.tb00429.x
Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Composed of Latin bufo (toad) and rana (frog), alluding to appearance.