Acrida

For other uses, see Achrida (disambiguation).

Acrida
Acrida conica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Tribe: Acridini
Genus: Acrida
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Gryllus turritus
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]

  1. Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
  2. Acrida anatolica Dirsh, 1949
  3. Acrida bara Steinmann, 1963
  4. Acrida bhoramdevi Gupta & Chandra, 2018
  5. Acrida bicolor (Thunberg, 1815)
  6. Acrida cinerea (Thunberg, 1815)
  7. Acrida confusa Dirsh, 1954
  8. Acrida conica (Fabricius, 1781)
  9. Acrida coronata Steinmann, 1963
  10. Acrida crassicollis Chopard, 1921
  11. Acrida crida Steinmann, 1963
  12. Acrida curticnema Liu, 1981
  13. Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)
  14. Acrida excentrica Woznessenskij, 1998
  15. Acrida exota Steinmann, 1963
  16. Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963
  17. Acrida fumata Steinmann, 1963
  18. Acrida gigantea (Herbst, 1786)
  19. Acrida granulata Mistshenko, 1951
  20. Acrida gyarosi Steinmann, 1963
  21. Acrida herbacea Bolívar, 1922
  22. Acrida hsiai Steinmann, 1963
  23. Acrida incallida Mistshenko, 1951
  24. Acrida indica Dirsh, 1954
  25. Acrida kozlovi Mistshenko, 1951
  26. Acrida liangi Woznessenskij, 1998
  27. Acrida lineata (Thunberg, 1815)
  28. Acrida madecassa (Brancsik, 1892)
  29. Acrida maxima Karny, 1907
  30. Acrida montana Steinmann, 1963
  31. Acrida oxycephala (Pallas, 1771)
  32. Acrida propinqua Burr, 1902
  33. Acrida raipurensis Gupta & Chandra, 2018
  34. Acrida rufipes Steinmann, 1963
  35. Acrida shanghaica Steinmann, 1963
  36. Acrida subtilis Burr, 1902
  37. Acrida sulphuripennis (Gerstaecker, 1869)
  38. Acrida testacea (Thunberg, 1815)
  39. Acrida tjiamuica Steinmann, 1963
  40. Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus turritus L.)
  41. Acrida ungarica (Herbst, 1786)
  42. Acrida willemsei Dirsh, 1954

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. 2010. Hindawi Publishing Corporation: 16 pages. doi:10.1155/2010/319486. PMC 3004375. PMID 21197069. Article ID 319486.
  2. ^ Cigliano, M.M.; H. Braun; D.C. Eades; D. Otte. "Acrida Linnaeus". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 15 December 2018.