| Megradina festiva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthacridinae |
| Tribe: | Nereniini |
| Genus: | Megradina Storozhenko, 2004 |
| Species: | M. festiva |
| Binomial name | |
| Megradina festiva Storozhenko, 2004 | |
Megradina festiva is a grasshopper species in the monotypic genus Megradina, found in Vietnam. It is in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Orthacridinae, and tribe Nereniini. It is closely related to the New Guinea grasshopper genus Megra.
Megradina festiva is a medium-sized grasshopper with a large, finely punctate head and a slender, elongated body. The total body length reaches 25.8 mm (1.0 in) in males and 45 mm (1.8 in) in females. The holotype is a male collected in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1995 by Andrey Vasil'evich Gorochov.
References
- ^ Storozhenko, S. Yu. (2004). "A new genus of the subfamily Orthacridinae (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (142): 1–4. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 November 2018)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Megradina | |
| Megradina festiva | |