Abisares (grasshopper)

Abisares is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Abisares, both found in Africa.^[1][2]

Abisares viridipennis, notched shield grasshopper, South Africa

Abisares
Abisares viridipennis, notched shield grasshopper, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Catantopinae
Genus:	Abisares Stål, 1878

Species

These two species belong to the genus Abisares:

• Abisares depressus Uvarov, 1938
• Abisares viridipennis (Burmeister, 1838) (notched shield grasshopper)