Cyrtacanthacridinae

The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts,[2] criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa,[3] and Knarrschrecken in German.

Cyrtacanthacridinae
Desert locust
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902[1]

It includes species of locusts, short-horned grasshoppers that undergo phase polymorphism and are among the most important pests of sub-Saharan Africa;[4] they include the desert locust and the red locust,[3] with the related Bombay locust in Asia.[5]

One of the characteristics of members of this subfamily is the prominent peg between the forelegs: hence the name for the Australian Spur-throated locust.

Genera

The following genera have been included with a single tribe separated:[2][6]

Cyrtacanthacridini

Auth. Kirby, 1910; worldwide distribution (mostly tropical and sub-tropical)

tribe unassigned
  • Acanthacris Uvarov, 1923
  • Acridoderes Bolívar, 1889
  • Adramita Uvarov, 1936
  • Armatacris Yin, 1979
  • Austracris Uvarov, 1923
  • Bryophyma Uvarov, 1923
  • Caledonula Uvarov, 1939
  • Callichloracris Ramme, 1931
  • Congoa Bolívar, 1911
  • Cristacridium Willemse, 1932
  • Finotina Uvarov, 1923
  • Gowdeya Uvarov, 1923
  • Halmenus Scudder, 1893
  • Hebridea Willemse, 1926
  • Kinkalidia Sjöstedt, 1931
  • Kraussaria Uvarov, 1923
  • Mabacris Donskoff, 1986
  • Nichelius Bolívar, 1888
  • Ootua Uvarov, 1927
  • Ordinacris Dirsh, 1966
  • Orthacanthacris Karsch, 1896
  • Pachyacris Uvarov, 1923
  • Pachynotacris Uvarov, 1923
  • Parakinkalidia Donskoff, 1986
  • Parapachyacris Yin & Yin, 2008
  • Rhytidacris Uvarov, 1923
  • Ritchiella Mungai, 1992
  • Taiacris Donskoff, 1986
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References
  1. Kirby WF (1902) List of Orthoptera from Uganda. The Uganda Protectorate, vol. 1, 467–468.
  2. Orthoptera species file: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)
  3. Bellman, Heiko; Luquet, Gérard (2009). Le guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale (collection: Les guides du naturaliste). Paris: Delachaux and Niestlé. p. 383. ISBN 978-2-6030-1564-3.
  4. Song, Hojun; Wenzel, John W. (2008). "Phylogeny of bird‐grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism". Cladistics. 24 (4): 515–542. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00190.x.
  5. Orthoptera Species File (accessed 20 June 2017)
  6. NCBI: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)
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