| Cyrtacanthacridinae | |
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| Desert locust | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1902[1] |
The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts,[2] criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa,[3] and Knarrschrecken in German.
It includes species of locusts, short-horned grasshoppers that undergo phase polymorphism and are among the most important pests of sub-Saharan Africa;[4] they include the desert locust and the red locust,[3] with the related Bombay locust in Asia.[5]
One of the characteristics of members of this subfamily is the prominent peg between the forelegs: hence the name for the Australian Spur-throated locust.
- ^ Kirby WF (1902) List of Orthoptera from Uganda. The Uganda Protectorate, vol. 1, 467–468.
- ^ Orthoptera species file: Cyrtacanthacridinae (retrieved 6 August 2019)
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
GSGCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Song, Hojun; Wenzel, John W. (2008). "Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism". Cladistics. 24 (4): 515–542. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00190.x. PMID 34879633.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (accessed 20 June 2017)