Anacridium melanorhodon

Anacridium melanorhodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Anacridium
Species:	A. melanorhodon
Binomial name
Anacridium melanorhodon (Walker, F., 1870)
Synonyms
All for A. melanorhodon melanorhodon: Acridium aethiopicum Finot, 1907 Schistocerca exsul Scudder, 1893 Locusta (Orthacanthacris) wernerella variety sphalera Karny, 1907

Anacridium melanorhodon, known as the Sahelian tree locust, is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

The Orthoptera Species File lists: ^[2]

• A. melanorhodon arabafrum Dirsh, 1953
• A. melanorhodon melanorhodon (Walker, 1870) (as Acridium melanorhodon Walker) - is the Sahelian tree locust

Gallery

• 
  Wing of Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum, Aguetai, Red Sea coast, Sudan.
• 
  tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon ssp. arabafrum) on Begonia sp. flowers, on Réunion island

References

1. Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 584.
2. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 13 March 2020)

External links

• Media related to Anacridium melanorhodon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Anacridium melanorhodon at Wikispecies
• Names in Dogon languages, with images from Mali