| Schistocerca | |
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| Schistocerca cf. americana | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| 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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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]
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 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
- ↑ 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
 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
 
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