Cyrtacanthacridinae
Sign in to saveThe Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, and Knarrschrecken in German.
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Vinony's link graph records 51 inbound references to Cyrtacanthacridinae, and connects out to desert locust, Red locust and Ghana.
Vinony files it under Cyrtacanthacridinae and Orthoptera subfamilies.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acrididae
- Image
- Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa (Acrididae Cyrtacanthacridinae Cyrtacanthacridini) (48243614562).jpg
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- Cyrtacanthacridinae
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- Cyrtacanthacridinae
- taxon common name
- Bird Grasshoppers
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- Category:Cyrtacanthacridinae
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The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, and Knarrschrecken in German.
It includes species of locusts, short-horned grasshoppers that undergo phase polymorphism and are among the most important pests of sub-Saharan Africa; they include the desert locust and the red locust, with the related Bombay locust in Asia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyrtacanthacridinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.