Acilacris is a genus of "false shieldback" bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa.
Acilacris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
Tribe: | Meconematini |
Subtribe: | Acilacridina |
Genus: | Acilacris Bolívar, 1890 |
Subgenera | |
2, see text. |
Subgenera and species
Acilacris contains two subgenera, Acilacris and Aroegas:[1]
- Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890
- Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Mt. Coke false shieldback
- Acilacris kristinae Naskrecki, 1996 — Kristin's false shieldback
- Acilacris obovatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Limpopo false shieldback
- Acilacris tridens Bolívar, 1890 - type species
- Acilacris (Aroegas) Péringuey, 1916
- Acilacris dilatatus (Naskrecki, 1996) – dilated false shieldback
- Acilacris fuscus (Naskrecki, 1996) – brown false shieldback
- Acilacris nigroornatus (Péringuey, 1916) – black-spotted false shieldback
- Acilacris rentzi (Naskrecki, 1996) – Rentz's false shieldback
Note: A. incisus is now Ovonotus incisus (Naskrecki, 1996)
References
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