''Morphacris'' is a genus of
band-winged grasshopper
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...
s 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 ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Morphacris'', found in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Morphacris'':
* '' Morphacris citrina'' Kirby, 1910
* '' Morphacris fasciata'' (Thunberg, 1815)
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Oedipodinae
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