Patanga is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan, Indochina and western Malesia. The genus was named by Boris Uvarov in 1923, with the type species the economically significant Bombay locust: which has also been placed in genus Nomadacris. Species , the Orthoptera Species File lists: Patanga apicerca Huang, 1982 - China Patanga avis Rehn & Rehn, 1941 - Philippines Patanga humilis Bi, 1986 - Tibet Patanga japonica (Bolívar, 1898) - India, Vietnam, Korea, Japan (poss. incomplete) Patanga luteicornis (Serville, 1838) - Java Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763) - India, SE Asia, Japan References External links Cyrtacanthacridinae Acrididae genera Orthoptera of Asia Taxa named by Boris Uvarov