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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923

Type

type species by original designation of Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923

Nomenclature (11)

  • Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923: 144.

    type species by original designation Gryllus ruficornis Fabricius, 1787

  • Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923 in Uvarov, 1924: 14.
  • Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 11.
  • Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 38.

References (11)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). I. Introduction and key to genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 130–144. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/146/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orth. Acrid.) IV. Genera Austracris to Cyrtacanthacris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13, 1–19.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Johnsen, P. (1983) Acridoidea of Zambia. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Vol. 4, 241–266 pp.
  • Mungai, M.N. (1987) The African grasshopper genus Acanthacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Journal of Natural History, 21(4)(4), 807–823.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species4059
Subspecies202527