Acanthacris

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Genus of grasshoppers

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::summary Genus of grasshoppers ::

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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 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), 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. Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.

References

Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 144.
Mungai, M(ichael), The African grasshopper genus Acanthacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae), Journal of Natural History, Volume 21, Number 4, July–August 1987; pp. 807-823 (17)
[http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ Brands, S.J. (comp.), 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands; accessdate Feb. 6, 2012] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-24 ,)
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15431046/70291235 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.]

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