Schistocerca
desert locust
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Orthoptera Suborder: Caelifera Family: Acrididae Genus: Schistocerca Stål, 1873
Species
see text.

Schistocerca 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:

• Schistocerca albolineata
• Schistocerca alutacea
• Schistocerca americana - American locust
• Schistocerca camerata
• Schistocerca cancellata
• Schistocerca ceratiola
• Schistocerca damnifica
• Schistocerca emarginata
• Schistocerca flavofasciata
• Schistocerca gregaria - desert locust
• Schistocerca impleta
• Schistocerca lineata
• Schistocerca literosa
• Schistocerca melanocera
• Schistocerca nitens - gray bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca obscura
• Schistocerca pallens
• Schistocerca piceifrons
• Schistocerca quisqueya
• Schistocerca rubiginosa
• Schistocerca shoshone

External links

• TSN 102224. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• American grasshopper on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

References

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