''Arachnacris'' is an Asian genus of large
bush crickets in the sub-family
Mecopodinae
Mecopodinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia ...
and tribe Mecopodini. They are found in
tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the Tropic of Cancer, tropics of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing ...
areas of
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 18 October 2023)
/ref> lists:
# '' Arachnacris amboinensis'' Donovan, 1800
# '' Arachnacris corporalis'' Karny, 1924
# '' Arachnacris regalis'' Karny, 1924
# '' Arachnacris tenuipes'' Giebel, 1861 - type species (synonym ''A. imperator'' Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1865)
References
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Tettigoniidae genera
Mecopodinae
Orthoptera of Asia