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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Mekongiana Uvarov, 1940

Type

type species by original monotypy of Mekongiana Uvarov, 1940

Nomenclature (15)

  • Mekongia Uvarov, 1925: 314. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Mekongia gregoryi Uvarov, 1925

  • Mekongia Uvarov, 1925 (homonym of Mekongia Cross & Fisher, 1876)
  • Mekongiana Uvarov, 1940 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 111, 159.
  • Mekongiana Uvarov, 1940 in Yu, Huang, Wang, Li & Mao, 2025: 519.

References (9)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Orthoptera (except Blattidae) collected by Prof. Gregory's expedition to Yunnan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 20, 313–335. [1924]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 112–117.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) A revision of known Asiatic Sphenariini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) with the erection of a new genus. The Canadian Entomologist, 98(12), 1275–1283.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Huang, C. (1990) A new genus of Acridoidea from Hengduan Mountains (Orthotpera: Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 33(2), 230–233. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/EN/abstract/abstract13106.shtml
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • Yu, H.-L., Huang, Z.-P., Wang, X., Li, F.-T. & Mao, B.-Y. (2025) Taxonomy of the Paramekongiella (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5569(3), 509–520. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.6

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from replaced name Mekongia Uvarov, 1925, referring to the Mekong Valley where the type species was found.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species2013