Cyrtacanthacris

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Cyrtacanthacris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Genus: Cyrtacanthacris
Walker, 1870
Synonyms

Acridium Serville, 1831

Cyrtacanthacris [1] [2] is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species records are distributed in Africa through to Indo-China. [3] [4]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [3] lists:

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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. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 March 2020)
  4. GBIF: Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870