# Revision of the Genus Ranacris You & Lin, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae), with Proposal of a New Synonym

## TL;DR

This paper revises the genus Ranacris and proposes a new synonym based on morphological and statistical analysis of species within the genus.

## Contribution

The paper proposes a new junior synonym and clarifies the taxonomy of the genus Ranacris using morphometric analysis.

## Key findings

- R. yunnanensis is a junior synonym of R. jinpingensis.
- Morphometric analysis confirmed the statistical significance of distinguishing characters in Ranacris.
- Ranacris shows a close relationship with Menglacris despite being in different subfamilies.

## Abstract

The genus Ranacris You & Lin, 1983, is revised based on the examination of types and non-type material and the comparison of qualitative and quantitative characters. A new junior synonym is proposed: R. yunnanensis Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011 = R. jinpingensis Zheng, Lin, Deng & Shi, 2015, syn. nov.

Ranacris You & Lin, 1983, is a small genus in the subfamily Habrocneminae with an undefined phylogenetic position, exhibiting in previous molecular studies a distant relationship with the genera in the same subfamily but an extremely close relationship with the genus Menglacris Jiang & Zheng, 1994, in another subfamily, Catantopinae. In this study, a taxonomic revision of Ranacris was conducted based on the examination of types and non-type material and the comparison of qualitative and quantitative characters. A morphometric analysis was carried out to test the statistical significance of the quantitative distinguishing characters among Ranacris. A new junior synonym is proposed: R. yunnanensis Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011 = R. jinpingensis Zheng, Lin, Deng & Shi, 2015, syn. nov.