Acanthacris[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
Acanthacris | |
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A. ruficornis (garden locust) in Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae |
Genus: | Acanthacris Uvarov, 1924 |
The following species are included:[2]
The genus Acanthacris belongs to subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (W.F. Kirby, 1902),[3] of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshoppers: order Orthoptera.
A. ruficornis is distributed throughout Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in southern Spain.[4] Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.