Acilacris

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subtribe: Acilacridina
Genus: Acilacris
Bolívar, 1890
Subgenera

2, see text.

Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890

Acilacris (Aroegas) Péringuey, 1916

  • Acilacris dilatatus (Naskrecki, 1996) – dilated false shieldback
  • Acilacris fuscus (Naskrecki, 1996) – brown false shieldback
  • Acilacris nigroornatus (Péringuey, 1916) – black-spotted false shieldback
  • Acilacris rentzi (Naskrecki, 1996) – Rentz's false shieldback

References

  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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