Acantherus is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Acantherus, A. piperatus from North America.[1][2][3][4]

Acantherus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Acantherus
Scudder & Cockerell, 1902
Species:
A. piperatus
Binomial name
Acantherus piperatus
Scudder & Cockerell, 1902

References

edit
  1. ^ "Acantherus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Acantherus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Acantherus Scudder & Cockerell, 1902". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

edit