''Anacridium'' is a genus of "tree
locust
Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...
s" or "bird
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
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s" 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.
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[Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Anacridium'' Uvarov, 1923 (retrieved 11 March 2020)]
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Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[ lists:
*'' Anacridium aegyptium'' (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'' (Serville, 1838)
*'' Anacridium rehni'' Dirsh, 1953
*'' Anacridium rubrispinum'' Bey-Bienko, 1948
*'' Anacridium wernerellum'' (Karny, 1907)
]
References
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Acrididae genera
Taxa named by Boris Uvarov
Cyrtacanthacridinae