# Aztecacris

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Aztecacris laevis - inat 2518658.jpg
| image_caption = ''Aztecacris laevis''
| taxon = Aztecacris
| authority = [Roberts](/source/H._Radclyffe_Roberts), 1947<ref name="Roberts 1947">{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=H. Radclyffe |title=Revision of the Mexican Melanoplini (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) Part I |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |date=1947 |volume=99 |pages=201–230 [222–224] |jstor=4064372}}</ref>
| display_parents = 2
| type_species=''[Perixerus laevis](/source/Aztecacris_laevis)''
|type_species_authority=[Rehn](/source/James_A._G._Rehn), 1900
}}

'''''Aztecacris''''' is a genus of [spur-throated grasshopper](/source/Melanoplinae)s in the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae).<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref name=xcit3/> It occurs in Mexico and Southwestern United States.<ref name="Roberts 1947"/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=xcit3/>

==Species==
These three species belong to the genus ''Aztecacris'':<ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=xcit3/>
* ''[Aztecacris gloriosa](/source/Aztecacris_gloriosa)'' <small>(Hebard, 1935)</small> (Atascosa gem grasshopper<ref name=bugref/>)
* ''[Aztecacris laevis](/source/Aztecacris_laevis)'' <small>(Rehn, J.A.G., 1900)</small>
* ''[Aztecacris variabilis](/source/Aztecacris_variabilis)'' <small>(Rehn, J.A.G., 1904)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>{{ITIS | title=''Aztecacris'' Roberts, 1947 | id=657645 | access-date=21 November 2025 }}</ref>

<ref name=catlife>{{Catalogue of Life |id=8NM9T |title=''Aztecacris'' Roberts, 1947 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>{{GBIF | title=''Aztecacris'' Roberts, 1947 | id=1708720 | access-date=21 November 2025 }}</ref>

<ref name=bugref>
{{Cite web| title=''Aztecacris'' Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/362022
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=21 November 2025
}}</ref>

<ref name=xcit3>{{Cite web
| accessdate = 21 November 2025
| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel
| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta
| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger
| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.
| title = genus Aztecacris Roberts, 1947 |work=Orthoptera Species File Online
| url = http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1109771
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States
| date = 2004
| last1 = Capinera
| first1 = J. L
| last2 = Scott
| first2 = R. D.
| last3 = Walker
| first3 = T. J.
| publisher = Cornell University Press
| isbn = 978-0-8014-8948-8
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetogras0000capi
}}
{{refend}}

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Category:Melanoplinae
Category:Orthoptera genera
Category:Articles created by Qbugbot
Category:Taxa named by H. Radclyffe Roberts

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