Acrida
{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{other uses|Achrida (disambiguation)}}
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|type_species=Gryllus turritus
|type_species_authority=Linnaeus, 1758
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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.{{cite journal|last=Liu|first=Nan|author2=Huang, Yuan|title=Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Acrida cinerea (Acrididae: Orthoptera) and Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Orthoptera|journal=Comparative and Functional Genomics|year=2010|volume=2010|pages=16 pages|doi=10.1155/2010/319486|pmid=21197069|pmc=3004375|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Parkinson|publisher=Hindawi Publishing Corporation|id=Article ID 319486|doi-access=free}}
Species
{{As of|2018}}, the Orthoptera Species File accepted the following species:{{cite web |title=Acrida Linnaeus |url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1111341 |author1=Cigliano, M.M. |author2=H. Braun |author3=D.C. Eades |author4=D. Otte |website=orthoptera.speciesfile.org |publisher=Orthoptera Species File |accessdate=15 December 2018}}
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- Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
- Acrida anatolica Dirsh, 1949
- Acrida bara Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida bhoramdevi Gupta & Chandra, 2018
- Acrida bicolor (Thunberg, 1815)
- Acrida cinerea (Thunberg, 1815)
- Acrida confusa Dirsh, 1954
- Acrida conica (Fabricius, 1781)
- Acrida coronata Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida crassicollis Chopard, 1921
- Acrida crida Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida curticnema Liu, 1981
- Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)
- Acrida excentrica Woznessenskij, 1998
- Acrida exota Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida fumata Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida gigantea (Herbst, 1786)
- Acrida granulata Mistshenko, 1951
- Acrida gyarosi Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida herbacea Bolívar, 1922
- Acrida hsiai Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida incallida Mistshenko, 1951
- Acrida indica Dirsh, 1954
- Acrida kozlovi Mistshenko, 1951
- Acrida liangi Woznessenskij, 1998
- Acrida lineata (Thunberg, 1815)
- Acrida madecassa (Brancsik, 1892)
- Acrida maxima Karny, 1907
- Acrida montana Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida oxycephala (Pallas, 1771)
- Acrida propinqua Burr, 1902
- Acrida raipurensis Gupta & Chandra, 2018
- Acrida rufipes Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida shanghaica Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida subtilis Burr, 1902
- Acrida sulphuripennis (Gerstaecker, 1869)
- Acrida testacea (Thunberg, 1815)
- Acrida tjiamuica Steinmann, 1963
- Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus turritus L.)
- Acrida ungarica (Herbst, 1786)
- Acrida willemsei Dirsh, 1954
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Gallery
File:AcridaUgaricaPiotrCzekala 01.jpg|Acrida ungarica
File:Acrida cinerea 08Oct13.jpg|Acrida cinerea
File:Syouryoubatta.JPG|Acrida cinerea
File:Giant Green Slantface Top.JPG|Acrida conica
File:Acrida ungarica (Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper).jpg|alt=Acrida ungarica on a black background|Acrida ungarica
References
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External links
- [http://acrida.info/ AcridAfrica] (in French)
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