{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Aretza.jpg | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Aretza | authority = Sjöstedt, 1921 | subdivision = {{Linked species list | Aretza erythroptera | Sjöstedt, 1921 | Aretza longicornis | Sjöstedt, 1921 }} | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=8NML9|title=''Aretza''|access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref> }}
'''''Aretza''''' is a species of shorthorn grasshopper from the Acrididae family found in north Australian savannas, particularly in the wet season.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rentz |first=David C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm55753685 |title=A guide to Australian grasshoppers and locusts |date=2003 |publisher=Natural History Publications (Borneo) |others=Natural History Publications (Borneo), Australian Plague Locust Commission, Orthopterists' Society |isbn=978-983-812-074-6 |location=Kota Kinabalu |oclc=ocm55753685}}</ref> They are notoriously difficult to catch or photograph because of their swift movement due to heat produced from the sandstone habitat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Atlas of Living |title=Genus: ''Aretza'' |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ced1defb-3051-4ace-a7ae-056f9b6e6acf#overview |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=bie.ala.org.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> left|thumb|A acrididae short-horned grasshopper found on a local cycas species in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Category:Acrididae Category:Taxa named by Bror Yngve Sjöstedt Category:Taxa described in 1921 Category:Acrididae genera
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