Oxya bidentata
| Oxya bidentata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyinae |
| Genus: | Oxya |
| Species: | O. bidentata
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxya bidentata (Willemse, 1925)
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Oxya bidentata is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is a pest of millets.[1]
Distribution
The species is distributed across South and Western Asia. Its range includes India (specifically the north-western region), Pakistan (recorded in Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Nepal, Afghanistan, and Iran.[2][3]
Ecology and pest status
Oxya bidentata is a polyphagous pest that feeds on a variety of crops. It is particularly noted as a major pest of rice, often causing damage during the crop's milky grain stage. It also feeds on maize, sorghum, and fodder grasses like Cynodon dactylon[4]
Description
The species has a moderate-sized body that is green to pale green in colour. It can be distinguished by its cerci (appendages at the rear of the abdomen), which in males are conical and bilobed (bidentate) at the apex, a feature that gives the species its specific epithet.[5]
References
- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
- ^ Soomro, N. (2015). "Occurrence of Oxya Species (Oxyinae: Acrididae: Orthoptera) from Sindh". Sindh University Research Journal. 47 (2): 251–256.
- ^ Tandon, S.K. (1988). "Distributional Pattern of Grasshoppers of India: The Distribution of Oxyinae". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 85 (1): 101–110.
- ^ Sultana, Riffat (2024). "Oxyinae (Acrididae: Orthoptera) Discoveries in Sindh, Pakistan". Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences. 8 (3). doi:10.54692/lgujls.2024.0803279.
- ^ Soomro, Samiullah (2015). "Phylogenetic analysis of genus Oxya (Serville) based on morphological characters from Sindh, Pakistan". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 3 (1): 102–107.