''Austracris''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 – grass ...

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). ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

in the family Acrididae: 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 ...

. It includes an Australian pest, the

spur-throated locust The spur-throated locust (''Austracris guttulosa'') is a native Australian locust species in the family Acrididae and a significant agricultural pest. Adult females of ''A. guttulosa'' are typically long, and adult males are typically long. A ...

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' and

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life 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 Taxonomic I ...

lists: *''

Austracris basalis ''Austracris''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of Orthoptera: Caeliferan insect in the family Acrididae: subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. It includes an Australian pest, the Austracris guttulosa, spur-throated locust ...

'' (Walker, 1870) *''

Austracris eximia ''Austracris''Uvarov BP (1923) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 9 11: 143. is a genus of Orthoptera: Caeliferan insect in the family Acrididae: subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. It includes an Australian pest, the spur-throated locust. Species The ''Ort ...

'' (Sjöstedt, 1931) *''

Austracris guttulosa The spur-throated locust (''Austracris guttulosa'') is a native Australian locust species in the family Acrididae and a significant agricultural pest. Adult females of ''A. guttulosa'' are typically long, and adult males are typically long. A ...

'' (Walker, 1870) - type species (as ''

Cyrtacanthacris ''Cyrtacanthacris'' is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, ''criquets ...

guttulosa'' Walker, F) *''

Austracris proxima Austracris proxima is a species of grasshopper in the genus ''Austracris''. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in Austra ...

'' (Walker, 1870)

Gallery

File:Austracris guttulosa.jpg File:Spur-throated locust nymph photographed in Wagga Wagga.jpg

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10422778 Acrididae Caelifera Acrididae genera Taxa named by Boris Uvarov