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Cyrtacanthacris

Cyrtacanthacris is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species records are distributed in Africa through to Indo-China.

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Cyrtacanthacris
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Cyrtacanthacris
Walker, 1870
Synonyms

Acridium Serville, 1831

Cyrtacanthacris12 is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species records are distributed in Africa through to Indo-China.34

Species

The Orthoptera Species File3 lists:

  • Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
  • Cyrtacanthacris celebensis Finot, 1907
  • Cyrtacanthacris consanguinea Serville, 1838
  • Cyrtacanthacris consobrina Walker, 1870
  • Cyrtacanthacris neocaledonica Finot, 1907
  • Cyrtacanthacris sulphurea Johnston, 1935
  • Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 - type species (as Gryllus tataricus L. = C. tatarica tatarica)
  • C. aeruginosa nymph
    C. aeruginosa nymph
  • C. tatarica in India
    C. tatarica in India
References

References

  1. Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 550.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. Orthoptera Species File: genus Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 March 2020)
  4. GBIF: Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870
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