''Austracris''
[Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143.] is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
:
Caelifera
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). ...
n
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
: 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.
It includes specie ...
.
It includes an
Australia
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n pest, the
spur-throated locust
The spur-throated locust (''Austracris guttulosa'') is a native Australian locust species in the family Acrididae and a significant agricultural pest.
Adult females of ''A. guttulosa'' are typically long, and adult males are typically long. Ad ...
.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
and
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...
lists:
*''
Austracris basalis''
(Walker, 1870)
*''
Austracris eximia''
(Sjöstedt, 1931)
*''
Austracris guttulosa''
(Walker, 1870) - type species (as ''
Cyrtacanthacris guttulosa''
Walker, F)
*''
Austracris proxima''
(Walker, 1870)
Gallery
File:Austracris guttulosa.jpg
File:Spur-throated locust nymph photographed in Wagga Wagga.jpg
References
External links
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Acrididae
Caelifera
Acrididae genera
Taxa named by Boris Uvarov