Acilacris is a genus of "false shieldback" bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa.
Subgenera and species Acilacris contains two subgenera, Acilacris and Aroegas:
Acilacris (Acilacris) Bolívar, 1890 Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Mt. Coke false shieldback Acilacris kristinae Naskrecki, 1996 — Kristin's false shieldback Acilacris obovatus Naskrecki, 1996 — Limpopo false shieldback Acilacris tridens Bolívar, 1890 - type species
Acilacris (Aroegas) Péringuey, 1916 Acilacris dilatatus (Naskrecki, 1996) – dilated false shieldback Acilacris fuscus (Naskrecki, 1996) – brown false shieldback Acilacris nigroornatus (Péringuey, 1916) – black-spotted false shieldback Acilacris rentzi (Naskrecki, 1996) – Rentz's false shieldback
Note: A. incisus is now Ovonotus incisus (Naskrecki, 1996)
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