Xeracris
Genus of grasshoppers
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Xeracris is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Xeracris.[1][2][3][4]
| Xeracris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Xeracris Caudell, 1915 |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Xeracris:
- Xeracris minimus (Scudder, 1900) (least desert grasshopper)
- Xeracris snowi (Caudell, 1915) (Snow's desert grasshopper)