Acilacris
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
| Tribe: | Meconematini |
| Subtribe: | Acilacridina |
| Genus: | Acilacris Bolívar, 1890 |
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Acilacris is a genus of "false shieldback" bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa.
Subgenera and species
[edit]Acilacris contains two subgenera, Acilacris and Aroegas:[1]
- Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890
- Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Mt. Coke false shieldback
- Acilacris kristinae Naskrecki, 1996 — Kristin's false shieldback
- Acilacris obovatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Limpopo false shieldback
- Acilacris tridens Bolívar, 1890 - type species
- 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
Note: A. incisus is now Ovonotus incisus (Naskrecki, 1996)
References
[edit]- ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Acilacris Bolívar, 1890". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.