genus

Qachasia Dirsh, 1956

Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956 type species by original designation of Qachasia Dirsh, 1956

Qachasia Dirsh, 1956: 121-272.
type species by original designation Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956
Qachasia Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 1995: 8.
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Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
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Otte, D., Cowper, G. & Armstrong, A.J. (2023) Revision of Lentula, Nyassacris, Basutacris and Qachasia, with descriptions of three new genera and 26 new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 149(2), 185–234. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.149.0205
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:

Derived from Qachas Nek where the type species occurs.