Kakaduacris

Kakaduacris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Tribe: Kakaduacridini
Key, 1993
Genus: Kakaduacris
Key, 1992
Species:
K. minuta
Binomial name
Kakaduacris minuta
Key, 1992

Kakaduacris minuta is a species of short-horned grasshopper[1] in the family Acrididae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Kakaduacris.[3] It is found in north Australian savannas.[4]

It is a diurnal species, very small in size. Adult females are approximately 12mm in length and adult males 9mm.[5]

  1. ^ "CSIRO PUBLISHING". Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Orthoptera Species File - Kakaduacris minuta Key, 1992". Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Orthoptera Species File - Kakaduacris Key, 1992". Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ Rentz, David C. F. (1996). Grasshopper country: the abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia (1. print ed.). Canberra: UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-063-1.
  5. ^ Rentz, D. C. F.; Lewis, R. C.; Su, Y. N.; Upton, M. S. (2003). A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo). p. 89. ISBN 983-812-074-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)