Acanthalobus

Acanthalobus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Criotettiginae
Tribe: Criotettigini
Genus: Acanthalobus
Hancock, 1904[1]

Acanthalobus is a genus of Asian ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the tribe Criotettigini; species are recorded from Afganistan to India.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

  1. Acanthalobus afghanus (Cejchan, 1969)
  2. Acanthalobus curticornis Hancock, 1915
  3. Acanthalobus gariyabandicus (Gupta & Chandra, 2018)
  4. Acanthalobus gidhavensis (Gupta & Chandra, 2018)
  5. Acanthalobus inornatus (Walker, 1871) - type species (by subsequent designation of Criotettix saginatus Bolívar, 1887)
  6. Acanthalobus latifrons (Hebard, 1930)

References

  1. ^ Hancock JL (1904) The Tettigidae of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 2, 97–157.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904 (retrieved 13 February 2026)