Acanthoplus Explained

Acanthoplus is a genus of African bush crickets in the subfamily Hetrodinae and tribe Acanthoplini^[1] (but placed previously in the Bradyporinae^[2]).

Species

• A. armativentris — corn cricket
• A. bechuanus
• A. cervinus — corn cricket
• A. desertorum
• A. discoidalis — armoured katydid, corn cricket
• A. germanus
• A. innotatus
• A. jallae
• A. loandae
• A. longipes — long-legged armoured katydid
• A. pallidus
• A. serratus
• A. spiseri
• A. stratiotes
• A. varicornis
• A. weidneri^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1134442 Orthoptera Species File
2. Bateman . Philip . Fleming . P. A. . 28 April 2009 . There will be blood: autohaemorrhage behaviour as part of the defence repertoire of an insect . Journal of Zoology . 278 . 4 . 342–348 . 1469-7998 . https://archive.today/20121016184627/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122368498/abstract . dead . 16 October 2012 . 8 July 2009 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00582.x .
3. Web site: Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names . Nomen.at . 18 June 2014.