Acrida

Acrida
	Acrida conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Acridinae
Tribe:	Acridini
Genus:	Acrida; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	; 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 a well-known pest of many agricultural crops.^[1]

Species[]

As of 2018, the Orthoptera Species File accepted the following species:^[2]

Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
Dirsh, 1949
Steinmann, 1963
Gupta & Chandra, 2018
Acrida bicolor (Thunberg, 1815)
Acrida cinerea (Thunberg, 1815)
Dirsh, 1954
Acrida conica (Fabricius, 1781)
Steinmann, 1963
Chopard, 1921
Steinmann, 1963
Liu, 1981
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)
Woznessenskij, 1998
Steinmann, 1963
Steinmann, 1963
Steinmann, 1963
(Herbst, 1786)
Mistshenko, 1951
Steinmann, 1963
Bolívar, 1922
Steinmann, 1963
Mistshenko, 1951
Dirsh, 1954
Mistshenko, 1951
Woznessenskij, 1998
(Thunberg, 1815)
(Brancsik, 1892)
Karny, 1907
Steinmann, 1963
(Pallas, 1771)
Burr, 1902
Gupta & Chandra, 2018
Steinmann, 1963
Steinmann, 1963
Burr, 1902
(Gerstaecker, 1869)
(Thunberg, 1815)
Steinmann, 1963
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Acrida ungarica (Herbst, 1786)
Acrida willemsei Dirsh, 1954

Gallery[]

Acrida ungarica
Acrida cinerea
Acrida cinerea
Acrida conica
Acrida ungarica

References[]

^ 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. PMC 3004375. PMID 21197069. Article ID 319486.
^ Cigliano, M.M.; H. Braun; D.C. Eades; D. Otte. "Acrida Linnaeus". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

External links[]

AcridAfrica (in French)

[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. PMC 3004375. PMID 21197069. Article ID 319486.

[osf-2] Cigliano, M.M.; H. Braun; D.C. Eades; D. Otte. "Acrida Linnaeus". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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