Schistocerca
| Schistocerca | |
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| Schistocerca americana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Schistocerca Stål, 1873 |
| Species | |
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Schistocerca, commonly called bird grasshoppers, is a genus of grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria). There are around 50 other species.[1]
Species include:[2]
- Schistocerca albolineata – white-lined bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca alutacea – leather-colored bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca americana – American bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca camerata
- Schistocerca cancellata – South American locust
- Schistocerca ceratiola – rosemary grasshopper
- Schistocerca damnifica – mischievous bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca emarginata – prairie bird locust
- Schistocerca flavofasciata
- Schistocerca gregaria – desert locust
- Schistocerca impleta
- Schistocerca lineata – spotted bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca literosa – small painted locust
- Schistocerca melanocera – large painted locust
- Schistocerca nitens – gray bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca obscura – obscure bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca pallens
- Schistocerca piceifrons – Central American locust
- Schistocerca quisqueya
- Schistocerca rubiginosa – rusty bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca shoshone – green bird grasshopper
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Schistocerca - Bird Grasshoppers, BugGuide
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Schistocerca |
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- "Schistocerca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Schistocerca americana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Schistocerca ceratiola on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site