''Anacridium'' is a genus of "tree

locust Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...

s" or "bird grasshoppers" belonging to 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 species o ...

.Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Anacridium'' Uvarov, 1923 (retrieved 11 March 2020)
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Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: *''

Anacridium aegyptium ''Anacridium aegyptium'', the Egyptian grasshopper or Egyptian locust, is a species of insect belonging to the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Subspecies * ''Anacridium aegyptium'' var. ''rubrispinum'' Bei-Bienko, 1948 - ''Anacridium rubrispinum' ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1764) - type species (as ''Gryllus aegyptium'' L.) *'' Anacridium burri'' Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953 *'' Anacridium deschauenseei'' Rehn, 1941 *'' Anacridium eximium'' (Sjöstedt, 1918) *'' Anacridium flavescens'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Anacridium illustrissimum'' (Karsch, 1896) *'' Anacridium incisum'' Rehn, 1942 *'' Anacridium javanicum'' Willemse, 1932 *'' Anacridium melanorhodon'' (Walker, 1870) *''

Anacridium moestum ''Anacridium moestum'', the camouflaged tree locust, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, that is native to Africa south of the equator. It is similar in appearance to the Southern African desert locust, ''Schistocerca g ...

'' (Serville, 1838) *'' Anacridium rehni'' Dirsh, 1953 *'' Anacridium rubrispinum'' Bey-Bienko, 1948 *'' Anacridium wernerellum'' (Karny, 1907)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q483601 Acrididae genera Taxa named by Boris Uvarov Cyrtacanthacridinae