''Acrostira'' is a genus of
grasshopers in the subfamily
Pamphaginae
Pamphaginae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae, with species found in Africa, Europe and Asia.Stål C (1876) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 4(5): 30.
Tribes and Genera
The following genera are recognised i ...
, with species found in the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...
.
[Enderlein. 1929. ''Wiener Entomol. Z.'' 46:99.]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Acrostira'':
* ''
Acrostira bellamyi''
( Uvarov, 1922)
* ''
Acrostira euphorbiae''
Garcia-Becerra & Oromí, 1992
* ''
Acrostira tamarani''
Baez, 1984
* ''
Acrostira tenerifae''
Perez & López, 2005
References
Pamphagidae
Fauna of the Canary Islands
Orthoptera genera
Taxa named by Günther Enderlein
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