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superfamily
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1821
family
Acrididae
MacLeay, 1821
subfamily
Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
tribe Leptacrini Johnston, 1956
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49247
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: Hemiacridinae: Leptacrini
synonym
Leptacres
Johnston, 1956
Citations:
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 225 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres
genus
Acanthoxia
Bolívar, 1906
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (13):
Bolívar, I. 1906. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 6(7):392
>> Note: new name for Gonyacantha >>
Acanthoxia
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49319
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):407
>>
Acanthoxia
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 231 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Acanthoxia
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >>
Acanthoxia
Jago. 1964. J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass. 8(2):190 >>
Acanthoxia
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:4 >>
Acanthoxia
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:152 >>
Acanthoxia
Dirsh. 1970. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. 8(182):103 >> Note: key to species >>
Acanthoxia
Johnsen. 1982. Acridoidea of Zambia 2:110 >>
Acanthoxia
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:88 >> Note: Mesopserini >>
Acanthoxia
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132, 143 >>
Acanthoxia
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 12 >>
Acanthoxia
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 18 >> Note: key to species >>
Acanthoxia
Type species:
Opsomala gladiator
Westwood, inherited from replaced name
synonym
Conyacanthella
Giglio-Tos, 1907
Citations:
Giglio-Tos. 1907. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 22(554):13
>>
Conyacanthella
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49320
Type species information not available.
synonym
Gonyacantha
Stål, 1873
Citations (6):
Stål. 1873. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1:43
>>
Gonyacantha
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49326
Karsch. 1893. Berlin Ent. Z. 38:115
>>
Gonyacantha
Bolívar, I. 1906. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 6(7):392
>> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):407
>> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 231 >> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:88 >> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Type species:
Opsomala gladiator
Westwood, by original monotypy
synonym
Gonyacanthella
Giglio-Tos, 1907
Citations (7):
Giglio-Tos. 1907. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 22(554):13
>>
Gonyacanthella
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49324
Giglio-Tos. 1907. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 22(554):13
>>
Conyacanthella
lapsus calami
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49320
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):407
>>
Gonyacanthella
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 231 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Gonyacanthella
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:241 >>
Gonyacanthella
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:152 >> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:88 >> Note: synonym >>
Acanthoxia
Type species:
Gonyacantha lanceolata
Bolívar, I., by monotypy and original designation
synonym
Metapa
Stål, 1878
Citations (7):
Stål. 1878. Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 5(4):51, 97
>>
Metapa
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49321
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):404
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 228 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Metapa
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:154 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:143 >> Note: synonym, on p. 132 synonym of Leptacris >>
Acanthoxia
Type species:
Metapa natalensis
Stål, by original monotypy
synonym
Pretoriana
Uvarov, 1922
Citations (6):
Uvarov. 1922. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 9:99
>>
Pretoriana
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49328
Uvarov. 1944. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11:13-21 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 228 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Dirsh. 1962. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 12(6):277
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Pretoriana klerki
Uvarov (=
Acanthoxia natalensis
), by monotypy and original designation
species
aculeus
Grunshaw, 1996
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Distribution:
northwestern slopes of Uluguru Mountains
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:146 >>
Acanthoxia
aculeus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49356
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 18 >>
Acanthoxia
aculeus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Morogoro District, Morningside
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
species
brevipenne
Grunshaw, 1996
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:148 >>
Acanthoxia
brevipenne
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49355
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 18 >>
Acanthoxia
brevipenne
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, South Tropical Africa, Mozambique, Mauenda River, near Malambisse
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: PPRI Pretoria Inst.
species
gladiator
(Westwood, 1841)
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (27):
Westwood. 1841[1842]. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 8(51(35)):272
>>
Opsomala
gladiator
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49346
Westwood. 1842. Arcana Entomologica 1(5):65
>>
Opsomala
gladiator
Westwood. 1845. Arcana Entomologica 2(23):192
>>
Opsomala
gladiator
Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3:500
>>
Mesops
gladiator
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:469281
Stål. 1873. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1:43
>>
Gonyacantha
gladiator
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:469282
Karsch. 1893. Berlin Ent. Z. 38:116
>>
Gonyacantha
gladiator
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:302
>>
Gonyacantha
gladiator
Bolívar, I. 1908. Mem. Soc. entom. Belgique, Bruxelles 16:107
>>
Gonyacantha
gladiator
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):407
>>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49345
Dirsh. 1955. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Zool. 40:69 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 232 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):279 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Chopard. 1958. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 53:133 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Davey, Descamps & Demange. 1959. Bull. IFAN (A) 21(1-2):110 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Dirsh. 1963. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 66:209 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Vesey-Fitzgerald. 1964. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 7(1):343 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Dirsh. 1964. Explor. Parc. natn. Garamba 44(3):52 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 209 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Descamps. 1965. Bull. IFAN (A) 27:939 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:2 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:153 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Delarze & le Gall. 1989. Nouvelle Revue Ent. 6(3):277
>>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:131-157 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Roy, R. 2003. Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat. 190:325
>>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 32 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Mestre. 2011. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 116(4):494
>>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 18 >>
Acanthoxia
gladiator
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, West Tropical Africa, Sierre Leone
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: UMO Oxford
species
lanceolata
(Bolívar, 1890)
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (11):
Bolívar, I. 1890. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2) 1(4):215, 7a
>>
Gonyacantha
lanceolata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49358
Giglio-Tos. 1907. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 22(554):13
>>
Gonyacanthella
lanceolata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49359
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):407
>>
Gonyacanthella
lanceolata
Kevan, D.K.M. 1955. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 24:61 >>
Gonyacanthella
lanceolata
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 231 >>
Gonyacanthella
lanceolata
Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):223 >>
Gonyacanthella
lanceolata
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:241 >>
Acanthoxia
lanceolata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49357
Dirsh. 1964. Explor. Parc. natn. Garamba 44(3):52 >>
Acanthoxia
lanceolata
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 209 >>
Acanthoxia
lanceolata
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:153 >>
Acanthoxia
lanceolata
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:147 >>
Acanthoxia
lanceolata
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, South Tropical Africa, Angola, Caconda
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
Status of type: destroyed
Location of type: LZLP Lisbon
species
natalensis
(Krauss, 1877)
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (5):
Krauss. 1877[1878]. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1):46
>>
Ischnacrida
natalensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49335
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:300
>>
Metapa
natalensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49336
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 229 >>
Metapa
natalensis
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 210 >>
Leptacris
natalensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:469339
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:147 >>
Acanthoxia
natalensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49334
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
genus
Leptacris
Walker, 1870
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (19):
Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:676
>>
Leptacris
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49249
Kirby, W.F. 1914. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae) 191, 210
>>
Leptacris
Uvarov. 1944. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11:15, 18 >>
Leptacris
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:174 [183]
>>
Leptacris
Willemse, C. 1955[1956]. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 8:28 >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 226 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Leptacris
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >>
Leptacris
Dirsh. 1962. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 12(6):277
>>
Leptacris
Jago. 1964. J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass. 8(2):190 >>
Leptacris
Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 179 [153] >> Note: Catantopinae: Tropidopolini >>
Leptacris
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:38 >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:154 >>
Leptacris
Liu, Jupeng & Hongchang Li. 1995. In Liu, Jupeng & et al. Studies on acridoids of Hainan Island 103 >> Note: key to species >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: Leptacrini >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: key to species >>
Leptacris
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 364 >>
Leptacris
Jiang, G. & Z. Zheng. 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi 232 >>
Leptacris
Yin, X.-C., K.-L. Xia & et al. 2003. Fauna Sinica, Insecta 32(supplement):73 >>
Leptacris
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 31 >> Note: key to species >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Leptacris filiformis
Walker, F., by original monotypy
synonym
Capellea
Bolívar, 1902
Citations (7):
Bolívar, I. 1902[1901]. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 70:616
>>
Capellea
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49257
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):404
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:174 [183]
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Willemse, C. 1955[1956]. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 8:28 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 179 [153] >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Capellea argenteo-vittata
Bolívar, I. (=
Leptacris filiformis
), by original monotypy
synonym
Ischinacrida
Stål, 1873
Citations (7):
Stål. 1873. Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 30(4):53
>>
Ischinacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49255
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:174 [183]
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 2:174 [183]
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Willemse, C. 1955[1956]. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 8:28 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 226 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: synonym, unjustified emendation >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Ischnacrida taeniata
Stål, by original monotypy
synonym
Ischnacrida
Stål, 1873
Citations (13):
Stål. 1873. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1:87
>> Note: type species: taeniata (?) >>
Ischnacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49253
Stål. 1875. Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 3(14):24
>>
Ischnacrida
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:298
>> Note: key to species >>
Ischnacrida
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):404
>> Note: type species: convergens >>
Ischnacrida
Kirby, W.F. 1914. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae) 191, 212
>>
Ischnacrida
Tinkham. 1940. Lingnan Sci. J. 19(3):282 >>
Ischnacrida
Chopard. 1943. Faune de l'Empire Français 1:388, 394 >>
Ischnacrida
Uvarov. 1944. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11:18 xx >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Willemse, C. 1951. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 4:41-114 >> Note: genotype: taeniata >>
Ischnacrida
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:174 [183]
>> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 179 [153] >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Ischnacrida taeniata
Stål, by original designation
synonym
Ramphacrida
Karsch, 1893
Citations:
Karsch. 1893. Berlin Ent. Z. 38:112
>> Note: in key >>
Ramphacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49252
Type species:
Ischnacrida kraussii
Bolívar, I., by original monotypy
synonym
Rhamphacrida
Karsch, 1893
Citations (8):
Karsch. 1893. Berlin Ent. Z. 38:114
>> Note: in genus account >>
Rhamphacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49250
Karsch. 1893. Berlin Ent. Z. 38:112
>> Note: in key >>
Ramphacrida
lapsus calami
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49252
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 229 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Rhamphacrida
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Dirsh. 1966. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 74:123 >> Note: synonym (three included species moved to Leptacris) >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:154 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:132 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Type species:
Ischnacrida kraussii
Bolívar, I., by original monotypy
species
filiformis
Walker, 1870
Images: (7)
See fewer images
specimen
specimen
Links:
Specimens in MNHN Paris
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (7):
Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:676
>>
Leptacris
filiformis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49308
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):404
>>
Leptacris
filiformis
Kirby, W.F. 1914. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae) 211
>>
Leptacris
filiformis
Uvarov. 1924. Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 29(3-4):650
>>
Leptacris
filiformis
Uvarov. 1925[1924]. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 72(3-4):290 >> Note: type does not exist >>
Leptacris
filiformis
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:135 >>
Leptacris
filiformis
Shishodia, K. Chandra & S.K. Gupta. 2010. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Pub., Occas. Paper 314:78
>>
Leptacris
filiformis
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, India, Maharashtra, South Hindustan
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Status of type: lost?
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
species
javanica
Willemse, 1955
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Willemse, C. 1955[1956]. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 8:30 >>
Leptacris
javanica
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49307
Willemse, F.M.H. 1966. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 16:38 >>
Leptacris
javanica
Willemse, F.M.H. 1966. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 16:66 >>
Leptacris
javanica
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:131-157 >>
Leptacris
javanica
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Jawa, Java: Malang
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: NHME Maastricht
species
kraussii
(Bolívar, 1890)
Images: (6)
See fewer images
specimen
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (21):
Bolívar, I. 1890. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2) 1(4):215
>>
Ischnacrida
kraussii
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:183698
Giglio-Tos. 1907. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 22(554):12
>>
Rhamphacrida
kraussi
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:299
>>
Ischnacrida
kraussii
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):406
>>
Ramphacrida
kraussii
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49300
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 229 >>
Ramphacrida
kraussii
Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):223 >>
Rhamphacrida
kraussi
Chopard. 1958. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 53:132 >>
Rhamphacrida
kraussi
Roy, R. 1961[1962]. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 62:119 >>
Rhamphacrida
kraussii
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:509366
Dirsh. 1963. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 66:209 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Vesey-Fitzgerald. 1964. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 7(1):343 >>
Rhamphacrida
kraussi
Dirsh. 1964. Explor. Parc. natn. Garamba 44(3):49 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 210 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Descamps. 1965. Bull. IFAN (A) 27:939 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Dirsh. 1966. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 74:123 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:154 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Launois. 1978. Manuel pratique d'identification des principaux Acridiens du Sahel 88 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Delarze & le Gall. 1989. Nouvelle Revue Ent. 6(3):277
>>
Leptacris
kraussi
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:137 >>
Leptacris
kraussii
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:183697
Roy, R. 2003. Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat. 190:325
>>
Leptacris
kraussii
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 180 >>
Leptacris
kraussi
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 32 >>
Leptacris
kraussii
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, South Tropical Africa, Angola, Duque de Braganca (Kalandula Falls)
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Status of type: destroyed
Location of type: LZLP Lisbon
species
liyang
(Tsai, 1929)
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Tsai, P. 1929. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 10:141 >>
Ischnacrida
liyang
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49296
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:175[185]
>>
Leptacris
liyang
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49295
Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 181 [154] >>
Leptacris
liyang
Yin, X.-C., K.-L. Xia & et al. 2003. Fauna Sinica, Insecta 32(supplement):77 >>
Leptacris
liyang
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Temperate, China
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
species
maxima
(Karny, 1907)
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:298
>>
Ischnacrida
maxima
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49294
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):404
>>
Leptacris
maxima
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49293
Kirby, W.F. 1914. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae) 211
>>
Leptacris
maxima
Shishodia, K. Chandra & S.K. Gupta. 2010. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Pub., Occas. Paper 314:79
>>
Leptacris
maxima
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Himalaya
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: NMW Vienna Museum
species
monteiroi
(Bolívar, 1890)
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Bolívar, I. 1890. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2) 1(4):214
>>
Ischnacrida
monteiroi
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:74849
See subspecies
monteiroi
for additional information.
species
taeniata
(Stål, 1873)
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (10):
Stål. 1873. Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 30(4):53
>>
Ischnacrida
taeniata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49291
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:299
>>
Ischnacrida
taeniata
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):405
>> Note: synonym >>
Ischnacrida
convergens
Tinkham. 1940. Lingnan Sci. J. 19(3):283 >>
Ischnacrida
taeniata
Zheng, Z., Lian & Gengsi Xi. 1985. Wuyi Science J. 5:1 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49290
Liu, Jupeng & Hongchang Li. 1995. In Liu, Jupeng & et al. Studies on acridoids of Hainan Island 104 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
Li, Hongchang & Jupeng Liu. 1995. In Liu, Jupeng & et al. Studies on acridoids of Hainan Island 153 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:131-157 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
Jiang, G. & Z. Zheng. 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi 234 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
Yin, X.-C., K.-L. Xia & et al. 2003. Fauna Sinica, Insecta 32(supplement):78 >>
Leptacris
taeniata
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Asia-Temperate, China
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: NHRS Stockholm
genus
Meruana
Sjöstedt, 1910
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (7):
Sjöstedt. 1910[1909]. In Sjöstedt [Ed.]. Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3:181
>>
Meruana
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49367
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 228 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Meruana
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:154 >>
Meruana
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:84 >> Note: synonym >>
Leptacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:149 >> Note: M. usambarica as type species >>
Meruana
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 35 >> Note: key to species >>
Meruana
Type species:
Meruana nyuki
Sjöstedt (=
usambarica
), by original monotypy
species
sakuensis
(Kevan, 1966)
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Opuscula Entomologica 31:208 >>
Leptacris
sakuensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49375
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:151 >>
Meruana
sakuensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49374
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 35 >>
Meruana
sakuensis
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Kenya, Chopa Gof, Marsabit
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
species
usambarica
(Karsch, 1896)
Images:
specimen
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (10):
Karsch. 1896. Stett. Entomol. Z. 57:290
>>
Metapa
usambarica
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49370
La Baume. 1911. Stett. Entomol. Z. 72:324
>>
Metapa
usambarica
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 228 >>
Meruana
usambarica
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49369
Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):223 >>
Leptacris
usambarica
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:497106
Dirsh. 1958. Rev. Ent. Moçambique 1:239 >>
Meruana
usambarica
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 210 >>
Leptacris
usambarica
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:155 >>
Leptacris
usambarica
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:150 >>
Meruana
usambarica
Hemp, C. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(2):196
>>
Meruana
usambarica
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 35 >>
Meruana
usambarica
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, E. Africa: Usambara, Bondei
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: MfN
genus
Sudanacris
Uvarov, 1944
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (8):
Uvarov. 1944. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11:15, 18 >>
Sudanacris
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49361
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 230 >> Note: Catantopinae: Leptacres >>
Sudanacris
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:16 >>
Sudanacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:155 >>
Sudanacris
Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:87 >>
Sudanacris
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:152 >>
Sudanacris
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 681 >>
Sudanacris
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 46 >> Note: Hemiacridinae, key to species >>
Sudanacris
Type species:
Opsomala pallida
Burmeister, H., by original monotypy
species
cholawo
Grunshaw, 1996
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:155 >>
Sudanacris
cholawo
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49366
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 46 >>
Sudanacris
cholawo
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Ethiopia, Harerge Province, Melka Werer, 14 km ENE of station
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
species
degodea
Kevan, 1966
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Opuscula Entomologica 31:211 >>
Sudanacris
degodea
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49365
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:155 >>
Sudanacris
degodea
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 46 >>
Sudanacris
degodea
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Kenya, El Katulo, Wajir District
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
species
pallida
(Burmeister, 1838)
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (21):
Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2 2(I-VIII):611
>>
Opsomala
pallida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49364
Krauss. 1877[1878]. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1):45
>>
Ischnacrida
pallida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:469338
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:299, 300
>> Note: Kr. (Burm.??) >>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):405
>>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Chopard. 1929. Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Afr. n. 20:245 >>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Ramme. 1929. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 15:339 >>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Chopard. 1931. Bull. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat. 2 3(7):629
>>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Chopard. 1934. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Afr. 4:116 >>
Ischnacrida
pallida
Uvarov. 1944. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11:18 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49363
Dirsh. 1954. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Zool. 1:351 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 230 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):279 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Davey, Descamps & Demange. 1959. Bull. IFAN (A) 21(1-2):109 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 211 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Descamps. 1965. Bull. IFAN (A) 27:939, 1308 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:142, 190 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:155 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 145 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:154 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 277 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 48 >>
Sudanacris
pallida
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, West Tropical Africa, Senegal, [Senegambia]
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
Status of type: lost?
species
schoutedeni
Dirsh, 1954
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (9):
Dirsh. 1954. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Zool. 1:350 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:49362
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 211 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Opuscula Entomologica 31:214 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Baccetti & Hollis. 1966. Monitore zool. ital. (N.S.)(Suppl.) 74:274
>>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:156 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Donskoff. 1977. In Rougeot. Missions entomologiques en Enthiopie 1973 - 1975. Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat. 105:123 >> Note: description of female >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Grunshaw. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:156 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Hemp, C. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(2):196
>>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 48 >>
Sudanacris
schoutedeni
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Kenya, Algada area, Nyika bush
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
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