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''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African
Hochkirch, A., Presa, J.J., Barranco Vega, P., García, M., Correas, J., Prunier, F., Odé, B., Ferreira, S. & Lemos, P. 2016. ''Acanthacris ruficornis''. ''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'' 2016: e.T15431046A70291235. Downloaded on 15 October 2019.
/ref> Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.
''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
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s in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, ''criquets voyageurs'' in French-speaking Africa, and ''Knarrschrecken'' in German.
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Species
The following species are included: *'' 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 subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, ''criquets voyageurs'' in French-speaking Africa, and ''Knarrschrecken'' in German.
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(W.F. Kirby, 1902), of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
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s: order Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
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''A. ruficornis'' is distributed throughout Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in southern Spain./ref> Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4671841 Acrididae genera Taxa named by Boris Uvarov