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Bird Grasshoppers
Cyrtacanthacridinae
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, and Knarrschrecken in German. It includes species of locusts: that undergo phase polymorphism and are among the most important pests of sub-Saharan Africa; they include the desert locust and the red locust, with the related Nomadacris succincta in Asia. One of the characteristics of members of this subfamily is the prominent peg...
28 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Cyrtacanthacridini
tribeCyrtacanthacridini
Tree Locusts
genusAcanthacris
Austracris
genusAustracris
Bird Locusts
genusOrnithacris
Pachyacris
genusPachyacris
Kraussaria
genusKraussaria
Finotina
genusFinotina
Halmenus
genusHalmenus
Acridoderes
genusAcridoderes
Caledonula
genusCaledonula
Rhytidacris
genusRhytidacris
Gowdeya
genusGowdeya
Congoa
genusCongoa
Bryophyma
genusBryophyma
Cristacridium
genusCristacridium
Ritchiella
genusRitchiella
Adramita
genusAdramita
Armatacris
genusArmatacris
Kinkalidia
genusKinkalidia
Mabacris
genusMabacris
Nichelius
genusNichelius
Ootua
genusOotua
Ordinacris
genusOrdinacris
Pachynotacris
genusPachynotacris
Parakinkalidia
genusParakinkalidia
Parapachyacris
genusParapachyacris
Taiacris
genusTaiacris
Callichloracris
genusCallichloracris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 337688.