Cyrtacanthacridinae | |
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Desert locust | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: |
Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1902 [1] |
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, [2] criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa, [3] 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; [4] they include the desert locust and the red locust, [3] with the related Bombay locust in Asia. [5]
One of the characteristics of members of this subfamily is the prominent peg between the forelegs: hence the name for the Australian Spur-throated locust.
The following genera have been included with a single tribe separated: [2] [6]
Auth. Kirby, 1910; worldwide distribution (mostly tropical and sub-tropical)