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]
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| Schistocerca cf. americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae |
| Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
| Genus: | Schistocerca Stål, 1873 |
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Species
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
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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
