Acilacris

Acilacris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Subtribe: Acilacridina
Genus: Acilacris
Bolívar, 1890
Subgenera

2, see text.

Acilacris is a genus of "false shieldback" bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa.

Subgenera and species

Acilacris contains two subgenera, Acilacris and Aroegas:

Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890
  1. Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Mt. Coke false shieldback
  2. Acilacris kristinae Naskrecki, 1996 — Kristin's false shieldback
  3. Acilacris obovatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Limpopo false shieldback
  4. Acilacris tridens Bolívar, 1890 - type species
Acilacris (Aroegas) Péringuey, 1916
  1. Acilacris dilatatus (Naskrecki, 1996) – dilated false shieldback
  2. Acilacris fuscus (Naskrecki, 1996) – brown false shieldback
  3. Acilacris nigroornatus (Péringuey, 1916) – black-spotted false shieldback
  4. Acilacris rentzi (Naskrecki, 1996) – Rentz's false shieldback

Note: A. incisus is now Ovonotus incisus (Naskrecki, 1996)

References

  1. ↑ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Acilacris Bolívar, 1890". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.