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Abstract
To date, 12 species group taxa (including subspecies) of the grasshopper genus Ceracris are generally recognized, of which nine species occur in China. The phylogeny of Ceracrine grasshoppers is unknown. Using partial DNA sequence data from mitochondrial 16S and 12S rRNA genes, we reconstruct the phylogeny of some Chinese grasshoppers belonging to the subfamily Ceracrinae. Both Maximum Parsimony and Neighbor-Joining methods were employed. Our phylogeny suggests that the examined taxa of Ceracris are 1) monophyletic; 2) composed of two sister taxa; 3) does not include Rammeacris kiangsu, and agree with the results of current morphological taxonomy research; and 4) Ceracris versicolor is closely related to Ceracris fasciata contrary to morphological suggestions.