Schistocerca
| Schistocerca | |
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| Schistocerca cf. americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae |
| Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
| Genus: | Schistocerca Stål, 1873 |
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Schistocerca[1] is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria) and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.[2]
Species[]
The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:
- Schistocerca albolineata (Thomas, 1875) – white-lined bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) - leather-colored bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) - American bird grasshopper - type species
- Schistocerca ceratiola Hubbell & Walker, 1928
- Dirsh, 1974
- (Stål, 1873)
- Dirsh, 1974
- Rehn, 1913
- Schistocerca camerata Scudder, 1899
- Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838) – South American locust
- (Serville, 1838)
- Dirsh, 1974
- Dirsh, 1974
- Schistocerca ceratiola Hubbell & Walker, 1928 – rosemary grasshopper
- Schistocerca cohni Song, 2006
- Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) – mischievous bird grasshopper
- Hebard, 1923
- Schistocerca flavofasciata (De Geer, 1773)
- Dirsh, 1974
- Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775) – desert locust
- (Walker, 1870)
- Scudder, 1899
- Schistocerca lineata Scudder, 1899 – spotted bird grasshopper
- (Walker, 1870) – small painted locust
- Bruner, 1913
- Dirsh, 1974
- Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861) – large painted locust
- Schistocerca nitens (Thunberg, 1815) – grey bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798) – obscure bird grasshopper
- Dirsh, 1974
- Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815)
- Navás, 1904
- Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker, 1870) – Central American locust
- Rehn & Hebard, 1938
- Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris, 1862) – rusty bird grasshopper
- (Thunberg, 1815)
- Schistocerca shoshone (Thomas, 1873) – green bird grasshopper
- Dirsh, 1974
References[]
- ^ Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 64.
- ^ Lovejoy, N. R.; et al. (2006). "Ancient trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography: molecular phylogenetics of Schistocerca". Proc Biol Sci. 273 (1588): 767–774. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3381. PMC 1560218. PMID 16618668.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Schistocerca Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 March 2020)
External links[]
Data related to Schistocerca at Wikispecies
Media related to Schistocerca at Wikimedia Commons- Schistocerca americana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Schistocerca ceratiola on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Schistocerca Information Site
Categories:
- Acrididae genera
- Taxa named by Carl Stål
- Cyrtacanthacridinae