Acrida

For other uses, see Acrida (disambiguation).
Acrida
Acrida conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Tribe: Acridini
Genus: Acrida
Linnaeus, 1758

Acrida is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. The genus contains around 40 species, which are found in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, Hawaii, and Australia. Insects of this genus are omnivorous, and are a well known pest of many agricultural crops.[1]

Species

  • Acrida acuminata
  • Acrida anatolica
  • Acrida antennata
  • Acrida bara
  • Acrida bicolor
  • Acrida cinerea
  • Acrida confusa
  • Acrida conica
  • Acrida coronata
  • Acrida crassicollis
  • Acrida crida
  • Acrida curticnema
  • Acrida exaltata
  • Acrida excentrica
  • Acrida exota
  • Acrida formosana
  • Acrida fumata
  • Acrida gigantea
  • Acrida granulata
  • Acrida gyarosi
  • Acrida herbacea
  • Acrida hsiai
  • Acrida incallida
  • Acrida kozlovi
  • Acrida liangi
  • Acrida lineata
  • Acrida lugubris
  • Acrida madecassa
  • Acrida maxima
  • Acrida montana
  • Acrida oxycephala
  • Acrida palaestina
  • Acrida propinqua
  • Acrida rufipes
  • Acrida shanghaica
  • Acrida subtilis
  • Acrida sulphuripennis
  • Acrida testacea
  • Acrida turrita - Long-headed grasshopper
  • Acrida tjiamuica
  • Acrida ungarica
  • Acrida willemsei

References

  1. ↑ Liu, Nan; Huang, Yuan (2010). Parkinson, John, ed. "Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Acrida cinerea (Acrididae: Orthoptera) and Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Orthoptera". Comparative and Functional Genomics. Hindawi Publishing Corporation. 2010: 16 pages. doi:10.1155/2010/319486. Article ID 319486. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

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