Cyrtacanthacridinae

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

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.

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)

Anacridium Uvarov, 1923
Chondracris Uvarov, 1923
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870
Nomadacris Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic N. septemfaciata
Ornithacris Uvarov, 1924
Patanga Uvarov, 1923
†Proschistocerca (P. oligocaenica Zeuner, 1937)
Rhadinacris Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic Rhadinacris schistocercoides (Brancsik, 1892) from Madagascar
Schistocerca Stål, 1873
Valanga Uvarov, 1923
Willemsea Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic Willemsea bimaculata (Willemse, 1922) from New Guinea

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

Gallery

References

^ Kirby WF (1902) List of Orthoptera from Uganda. The Uganda Protectorate, vol. 1, 467–468.
^ ^a ^b Orthoptera species file: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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. PMID 34879633.
^ Orthoptera Species File (accessed 20 June 2017)
^ NCBI: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)

[1] Kirby WF (1902) List of Orthoptera from Uganda. The Uganda Protectorate, vol. 1, 467–468.

[OSF-2] Orthoptera species file: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)

[GSGC-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. PMID 34879633.

[osf-5] Orthoptera Species File (accessed 20 June 2017)

[6] NCBI: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)

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