Acridoderes

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Acridoderes
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Acridoderes strenuus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Genus: Acridoderes
Bolívar, 1889
Type species
Acridoderes crassus
Bolívar, 1889
Synonyms
  • AnacridoderesUvarov, 1923
  • PhyxacraKarny, 1907

Acridoderes is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae with species found in Africa. [1] [2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Acridoderes: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "genus Acridoderes Bolívar, 1889". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  2. Bolívar, I. 1889. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2) 1:163.