Schistocerca

Schistocerca
	Schistocerca cf. americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Schistocerca; Stål, 1873
Species
	see text

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 beckeri (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca bivittata (Stål, 1873)
Schistocerca braziliensis (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca brevis (Rehn, 1913)
Schistocerca camerata (Scudder, 1899)
Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838) – South American locust
Schistocerca carneipes (Serville, 1838)
Schistocerca caribbeana (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca centralis (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca ceratiola (Hubbell & Walker, 1928) – rosemary grasshopper
Schistocerca cohni (Song, 2006)
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) – mischievous bird grasshopper
Schistocerca diversipes (Hebard, 1923)
Schistocerca flavofasciata (De Geer, 1773)
Schistocerca gorgona (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775) – desert locust
Schistocerca impleta (Walker, 1870)
Schistocerca interrita (Scudder, 1899)
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899) – spotted bird grasshopper
Schistocerca literosa (Walker, 1870) – small painted locust
Schistocerca magnifica (Bruner, 1913)
Schistocerca matogrosso (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861) – large painted locust
Schistocerca nitens (Thunberg, 1815) – grey bird grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798) – obscure bird grasshopper
Schistocerca orinoco (Dirsh, 1974)
Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815)
Schistocerca philippina (Navás, 1904)
Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker, 1870) – Central American locust
Schistocerca quisqueya (Rehn & Hebard, 1938)
Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris, 1862) – rusty bird grasshopper
Schistocerca serialis (Thunberg, 1815)
Schistocerca shoshone (Thomas, 1873) – green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca socorro (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

[1] Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 64.

[2] 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.

[OSF-3] Orthoptera Species File: genus Schistocerca Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 March 2020)

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