Anacridium melanorhodon

Anacridium melanorhodon, known as the Sahelian tree locust, is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.[1][2]

Anacridium melanorhodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Anacridium
Species:
A. melanorhodon
Binomial name
Anacridium melanorhodon
(Walker, F., 1870)
Synonyms

All for A. melanorhodon melanorhodon:

  • Acridium aethiopicum Finot, 1907
  • Schistocerca exsul Scudder, 1893
  • Locusta (Orthacanthacris) wernerella variety sphalera Karny, 1907

Subspecies

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]

  • A. melanorhodon arabafrum Dirsh, 1953
  • A. melanorhodon melanorhodon (Walker, 1870) (as Acridium melanorhodon Walker) - is the Sahelian tree locust
  • Wing of Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum, Aguetai, Red Sea coast, Sudan.
    Wing of Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum, Aguetai, Red Sea coast, Sudan.
  • tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon ssp. arabafrum) on Begonia sp. flowers, on Réunion island
    tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon ssp. arabafrum) on Begonia sp. flowers, on Réunion island

References
  1. Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 584.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 13 March 2020)


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