The large painted locust[1] (Schistocerca melanocera) is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, except Española Island. The locusts form a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards. Can be up to 8 cm long.[1]
Large painted locust | |
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Photographed on North Seymour Island | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae |
Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
Genus: | Schistocerca |
Species: | S. melanocera
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Binomial name | |
Schistocerca melanocera Stål, 1861
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References
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