Acanthacris[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
The following species are included:[2] The genus Acanthacris belongs to subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (W.F.
Kirby, 1902),[3] of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshoppers: order Orthoptera.
A. ruficornis is distributed throughout Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in southern Spain.
[4] Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.