Type

Acutacris viridis Dirsh, 1966 type species by original designation of Acutacris Dirsh, 1966

Nomenclature (3)

  • Acutacris Dirsh, 1966: 537.

    type species by original designation Acutacris viridis Dirsh, 1966

  • Acutacris Dirsh, 1966 in Otte, 1994: 108.
  • Acutacris Dirsh, 1966 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 31.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) New genera and species of Acridoidea from Madagascar (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 41(4), 537–549.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Relating to acutely conical head (and Greek name for grasshopper, ἀκρίς).

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