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''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African
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/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.
It includes specie ...
.
Species
The following species are included: *''Acanthacris aithioptera
''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
Species
The following species are included:
*'' Acanthacris aithioptera'' Mungai, 1987
*'' Acanthacris deckeni'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
*'' Acanthacris elgon ...
'' Mungai, 1987
*''Acanthacris deckeni
''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
Species
The following species are included:
*''Acanthacris aithioptera'' Mungai, 1987
*'' Acanthacris deckeni'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
*'' Acanthacris elgone ...
'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
*''Acanthacris elgonensis
''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
Species
The following species are included:
*''Acanthacris aithioptera'' Mungai, 1987
*''Acanthacris deckeni'' (Gerstaecker, 1869)
*'' Acanthacris elgonen ...
'' Sjöstedt, 1932
*''Acanthacris ruficornis
''Acanthacris ruficornis'' is a species of bird grasshopper 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 o ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) - type species (as ''Gryllus ruficornis'' Fabricius = subsp. ''A. r. ruficornis'')
The genus ''Acanthacris'' belongs to 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 ...
(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.
Grasshopp ...
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