Acrida

Acrida
	Acrida conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Acridinae
Tribe:	Acridini
Genus:	Acrida; Linnaeus, 1758

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 are a well known pest of many agricultural crops.^[1]

Species

Acrida herbacea
Acrida hsiai
Acrida incallida
Acrida kozlovi
Acrida liangi
Acrida lineata
Acrida lugubris
Acrida madecassa
Acrida maxima
Acrida montana
Acrida oxycephala
Acrida palaestina
Acrida propinqua
Acrida rufipes
Acrida shanghaica
Acrida subtilis
Acrida sulphuripennis
Acrida testacea
Acrida turrita - Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida tjiamuica
Acrida ungarica
Acrida willemsei

References

^ Liu, Nan; Huang, Yuan (2010). Parkinson, John (ed.). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Acrida cinerea (Acrididae: Orthoptera) and Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Orthoptera". Comparative and Functional Genomics. 2010. Hindawi Publishing Corporation: 16 pages. doi:10.1155/2010/319486. Article ID 319486. Retrieved 30 August 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

External links

Media related to Acrida at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acrida at Wikispecies
AcridAfrica

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[1] Liu, Nan; Huang, Yuan (2010). Parkinson, John (ed.). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Acrida cinerea (Acrididae: Orthoptera) and Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Orthoptera". Comparative and Functional Genomics. 2010. Hindawi Publishing Corporation: 16 pages. doi:10.1155/2010/319486. Article ID 319486. Retrieved 30 August 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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