Acanthacris
A. ruficornis (garden locust) in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Genus: Acanthacris
Uvarov, 1924
A. ruficornis nymph. Lateral aspect, sitting on glass window. The brown colour only develops at the final ecdysis.
A. ruficornis nymph. Ventral aspect, sitting on glass window.

Acanthacris[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.

Species

The following species are included:[2]

  • Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987
  • Acanthacris deckeni (Gerstaecker, 1869)
  • Acanthacris elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1932
  • Acanthacris ruficornis (Fabricius, 1787) - type species (as Gryllus ruficornis Fabricius = subsp. A. r. ruficornis)

The genus Acanthacris belongs to subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (W.F. Kirby, 1902),[3] of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshoppers: order Orthoptera.

A. ruficornis is distributed throughout Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in southern Spain.[4] Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.

References

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