Anacridium melanorhodon

Anacridium melanorhodon, known as the Sahelian tree locust, is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.^[1][2]

Anacridium melanorhodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Anacridium
Species:	A. melanorhodon
Binomial name
Anacridium melanorhodon (Walker, F., 1870)
Synonyms
All for A. melanorhodon melanorhodon: Acridium aethiopicum Finot, 1907 Schistocerca exsul Scudder, 1893 Locusta (Orthacanthacris) wernerella variety sphalera Karny, 1907

Subspecies

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[2]

• A. melanorhodon arabafrum Dirsh, 1953
• A. melanorhodon melanorhodon (Walker, 1870) (as Acridium melanorhodon Walker) - is the Sahelian tree locust

Gallery

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  Wing of Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum, Aguetai, Red Sea coast, Sudan.
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  tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon ssp. arabafrum) on Begonia sp. flowers, on Réunion island