AcanthacrisUvarov BP (1923) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 11: 144. is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
Species The following species are included:Mungai, M(ichael), The African grasshopper genus Acanthacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae), Journal of Natural History, Volume 21, Number 4, July–August 1987; pp. 807-823 (17) Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987 Acanthacris deckeni (Gerstaecker, 1869) Acanthacris elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1932 Acanthacris ruficornis (Fabricius, 1787) - type species (as Gryllus ruficornis Fabricius = subsp. A. r. ruficornis)
The genus Acanthacris belongs to subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (W.F. Kirby, 1902),Brands, S.J. (comp.), 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands; accessdate Feb. 6, 2012 , 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.Hochkirch, A., Presa, J.J., Barranco Vega, P., García, M., Correas, J., Prunier, F., Odé, B., Ferreira, S. & Lemos, P. 2016. Acanthacris ruficornis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15431046A70291235. Downloaded on 15 October 2019. Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.
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