Acilacris

Acilacris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subtribe:
Genus:	Acilacris; Bolívar, 1890
Subgenera
	2, see text.

Acilacris is a genus of shieldback katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa. It contains two subgenera, Acilacris and Aroegas, and nine species:^[1]

Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890

Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Mt. Coke false shieldback
Naskrecki, 1996
Acilacris kristinae Naskrecki, 1996 — Kristin's false shieldback
Acilacris obovatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Limpopo false shieldback
Bolívar, 1890

Acilacris (Aroegas) Péringuey, 1916

(Naskrecki, 1996) – dilated false shieldback
(Naskrecki, 1996) – brown false shieldback
(Péringuey, 1916) – black-spotted false shieldback
(Naskrecki, 1996) – Rentz's false shieldback

References[]

^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Acilacris Bolívar, 1890". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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[osf-1] Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Acilacris Bolívar, 1890". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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