| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Benin |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Burkina |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Ghana |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Guinea |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Ivory Coast |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Mali |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Niger |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Nigeria |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West Tropical Africa, Togo |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West-Central Tropical Africa, Cameroon |
| | | unspecified primary type of subspecies Acanthacris ruficornis citrina (Serville, 1838) | West Tropical Africa, Senegal |
| | | neotype of subspecies Acanthacris ruficornis citrina (Serville, 1838) | West Tropical Africa, Senegal |
| | | neotype of synonym Acridium ruficorne variety nigrispinum Bolívar, 1898 | Northern Africa, Morocco |