Cyrtacanthacridinae

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.

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]

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)

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

• 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

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  Acanthacris ruficornis, in Ghana
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  Anacridium aegyptium
• 
  Schistocerca gregaria

References

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