Schistocerca

Schistocerca
Schistocerca americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Schistocerca Stål, 1873
Species
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Schistocerca, commonly called bird grasshoppers, 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:^[2]

• Schistocerca albolineata – white-lined bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca alutacea – leather-colored bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca americana – American bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca camerata
• Schistocerca cancellata – South American locust
• Schistocerca ceratiola – rosemary grasshopper
• Schistocerca damnifica – mischievous bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca emarginata – prairie bird locust
• Schistocerca flavofasciata
• Schistocerca gregaria – desert locust
• Schistocerca impleta
• Schistocerca lineata – spotted bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca literosa – small painted locust
• Schistocerca melanocera – large painted locust
• Schistocerca nitens – gray bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca obscura – obscure bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca pallens
• Schistocerca piceifrons – Central American locust
• Schistocerca quisqueya
• Schistocerca rubiginosa – rusty bird grasshopper
• Schistocerca shoshone – green bird grasshopper

References

1. 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.
2. Schistocerca - Bird Grasshoppers, BugGuide

External links

• "Schistocerca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Schistocerca americana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Schistocerca ceratiola on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site