Cyrtacanthacridinae

Subfamily of grasshoppers

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[1]

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[edit]

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

### Cyrtacanthacridini[edit]

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

1. Anacridium Uvarov, 1923
2. Chondracris Uvarov, 1923
3. Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870
4. Nomadacris Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic N. septemfaciata
5. Ornithacris Uvarov, 1924
6. Patanga Uvarov, 1923
7. †Proschistocerca (P. oligocaenica Zeuner, 1937)
8. Rhadinacris Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic Rhadinacris schistocercoides (Brancsik, 1892) from Madagascar
9. Schistocerca Stål, 1873
10. Valanga Uvarov, 1923
11. Willemsea Uvarov, 1923 - monotypic Willemsea bimaculata (Willemse, 1922) from New Guinea

### tribe unassigned[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Acanthacris ruficornis, in Ghana

* Anacridium aegyptium

* Schistocerca gregaria

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kirby WF (1902) List of Orthoptera from Uganda. The Uganda Protectorate, vol. 1, 467–468.
2. ^ a b Orthoptera species file: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)
3. ^ 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.
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)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q899837
* Wikispecies: Cyrtacanthacridinae
* BugGuide: 12747
* CoL: 8NKTT
* EoL: 2634771
* Fauna Europaea: 402650
* Fauna Europaea (new): 9eb2d99e-01b9-4485-acf4-e800e800bdc2
* Fossilworks: 224464
* iNaturalist: 337688
* ITIS: 650529
* NBN: NHMSYS0020978634
* NCBI: 37267
* Orthoptera Species File: 1112281

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