''Austracris''
[Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143.] is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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 – gras ...
:
Caelifera
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers ( Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...
n
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
in the family
Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...
: 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 of ...
.
It includes an
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
n pest, the
spur-throated locust.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
and
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
lists:
*''
Austracris basalis''
(Walker, 1870)
*''
Austracris eximia''
(Sjöstedt, 1931)
*''
Austracris guttulosa''
(Walker, 1870) - type species (as ''
Cyrtacanthacris guttulosa''
Walker, F)
*''
Austracris proxima''
(Walker, 1870)
Gallery
File:Austracris guttulosa.jpg
File:Spur-throated locust nymph photographed in Wagga Wagga.jpg
References
External links
*
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10422778
Cyrtacanthacridinae
Acrididae genera
Taxa named by Boris Uvarov