Potua Explained

Potua is a genus of Asian groundhoppers in the subfamily Cladonotinae and tribe Xerophyllini, erected by Bolívar in 1887;[1] distribution records are discontinuous between India and western Malesia.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887 - type species (2 subspecies)
  2. Potua morbillosa (Walker, 1871)
  3. Potua sabulosa Hancock, 1915

Note: Potua aptera is a synonym of Deltonotus gibbiceps (Bolívar, 1902)

Notes and References

  1. Bolívar I (1887) Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31: 183, 192, 208.
  2. http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1100736 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

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