genus

Punacris Rehn, 1942

Type

Phrynotettix peruviana Saussure, 1888 type species by original designation of Punacris Rehn, 1942

Punacris Rehn, 1942: 68.
type species by original designation Phrynotettix peruviana Saussure, 1888
Punacris Rehn, 1942 in Amédégnato, 1974: 197.
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Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
Cigliano, M.M. (1989) A cladistic analysis of the family Tristiridae (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Cladistics, 5(4), 379–393.
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Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
Rehn, J.A.G. (1942) The locusts of the South American generic group Tristriae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 68, 31–99. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4278_001#page/35/mode/1up

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Puna, the local Peruvian name for the Andean paramo country, and ἀκρίς, a locust.