Dissosteira longipennis, the high plains locust, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[2][6] During the 1930s, it formed enormous swarms and caused significant damage to crops in the western United States,[7] but it is now very rare and has not swarmed since. However rare, the species is still extant,[8] unlike the Rocky Mountain locust, the only other species of locust found in North America.
| Dissosteira longipennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Trimerotropini |
| Genus: | Dissosteira |
| Species: | D. longipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas, 1872)
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References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "Dissosteira longipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Dissosteira longipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Dissosteira longipennis". GBIF. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Dissosteira longipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
...the High Plains locust (Dissosteira longipennis), which swept through the early 1930s...
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Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
The High Plains locust still exists, but it's uncommon, just another innocent-looking grasshopper munching away on plants.