Xeracris

Xeracris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Genus:	Xeracris Caudell, 1915

Xeracris is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Xeracris. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Xeracris:

• Xeracris minimus (Scudder, 1900) (least desert grasshopper)
• Xeracris snowi (Caudell, 1915) (Snow's desert grasshopper)

References

1. "Xeracris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Xeracris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Xeracris genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Xeracris Caudell, 1915". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN   978-0674626607.
• Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN   978-1565250178.
• 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.