genus

Laplatacris Rehn, 1939

Type

Laplatacris dispar Rehn, 1939 type species by original designation of Laplatacris Rehn, 1939

Laplatacris Rehn, 1939: 193.
type species by original designation Laplatacris dispar Rehn, 1939
Laplatacris Rehn, 1939 in Jago, 1971: 233.

Jago, N.D. (1971) A review of the Gomphocerinae of the world with a key to the genera (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 123, 205–343. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=ELz9FCjoVVkC
Otte, D. (1979) Revison of the grasshopper tribe Orphulellini (Gomphocerinae: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 131, 52–88. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=YwRnxgT1y2UC

Rehn, J.A.G. (1939) A new genus and four new species of Acrididae from Brazil and Argentina (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 65, 193–208. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4275_003#page/3/mode/1up
Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From La Plata (type locality of unique species) and acris (locust).