Austracris is a genus of Orthoptera: Caeliferan insect in the family Acrididae: subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. It includes an Australian pest, the spur-throated locust. Species The Orthoptera Species File and Catalogue of Life lists: Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870) Austracris eximia (Sjöstedt, 1931) Austracris guttulosa (Walker, 1870) - type species (as Cyrtacanthacris guttulosa Walker, F) Austracris proxima (Walker, 1870) Gallery References External links Acrididae Caelifera Acrididae genera Taxa named by Boris Uvarov