Aztecacris

Aztecacris
Aztecacris laevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Dactylotini
Genus:	Aztecacris Roberts, 1947 [1]
Type species
Perixerus laevis Rehn, 1900

Aztecacris is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} It occurs in Mexico and Southwestern United States. ^{[1] [4] [6]}

Species

These three species belong to the genus Aztecacris: ^{[3] [4] [6]}

• Aztecacris gloriosa (Hebard, 1935) (Atascosa gem grasshopper ^[5] )
• Aztecacris laevis (Rehn, J.A.G., 1900)
• Aztecacris variabilis (Rehn, J.A.G., 1904)

References

1. Roberts, H. Radclyffe (1947). "Revision of the Mexican Melanoplini (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) Part I". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 99: 201–230 [222–224]. JSTOR   4064372.
2. "Aztecacris Roberts, 1947". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 21 November 2025.
3. "Aztecacris Roberts, 1947". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
4. "Aztecacris Roberts, 1947". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 November 2025.
5. "Aztecacris Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
6. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "genus Aztecacris Roberts, 1947". Orthoptera Species File Online. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

Further reading

• Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-8948-8.