subgenus

Ichthiacris (Ichthiacris) Bolívar, 1905

Ichthiacris rehni Bolívar, 1905 type species by subsequent designation of Ichthiacris (Ichthiacris) Bolívar, 1905

Ichthiacris Bolívar, 1905: 287.
type species by subsequent designation Ichthiacris rehni Bolívar, 1905 in Kirby, 1910: 337
Ichthyacris [sic] Bolívar, 1905 in Bolívar, 1909: 45.
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Icthiacris [sic] Bolívar, 1905 (misspelling of Ichthiacris Bolívar, 1905) in Hebard, 1932: 267.
Ichthiacris (Ichthiacris) Bolívar, 1905 in Otte, 1994: 7.

Bolívar, I. (1905) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). XI. Subfam. Ortacrinae. XII. Subfam. Geloiinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 5, 278–289. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17794#page/284/mode/1up
Bolívar, I. (1909) Orthoptera Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pyrgomorphinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 90, 1–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138363#page/7/mode/1up
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Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From ἰχθύς, fish, and ἀκρίς, grasshopper, probably alluding to the elongate fish-like appearance.