Schistocerca

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]

Schistocerca
Schistocerca cf. americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Schistocerca
Stål, 1873
Species

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Species

The 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 ceratiola Hubbell & Walker, 1928
  • 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
  1. Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 64.
  2. 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.
  3. Orthoptera Species File: genus Schistocerca Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 March 2020)
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