Acanthoplus

Acanthoplus is a genus of African bush crickets in the subfamily Hetrodinae and tribe Acanthoplini^[1] (but placed previously in the Bradyporinae^[2]).

Corn crickets
A. discoidalis in the Kruger Park, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Acanthoplini
Genus:	Acanthoplus Stål, 1873
Species
See article

Species

• A. armativentris — corn cricket
• A. bechuanus
• A. cervinus — corn cricket
• A. desertorum
• A. discoidalis — armoured katydid, corn cricket
• A. germanus
• A. innotatus
• A. jallae
• A. loandae
• A. longipes — long-legged armoured katydid
• A. pallidus
• A. serratus
• A. spiseri
• A. stratiotes
• A. varicornis
• A. weidneri^[3]

References

1. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0): genus Acanthoplus Stål, 1873
2. Bateman, Philip; Fleming, P. A. (28 April 2009). "There will be blood: autohaemorrhage behaviour as part of the defence repertoire of an insect". Journal of Zoology. 278 (4): 342–348. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00582.x. ISSN 1469-7998. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
3. "Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names". Nomen.at. Retrieved 18 June 2014.