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''Acanthacris'' is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily
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 grasshoppers 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
''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 species o ...
(W.F. Kirby, 1902), of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshoppers: 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 – grass ...
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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