''Schistocerca'' is a genus of
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grassh ...
s, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as
locust
Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...
s. The best known species is probably the
desert locust
The desert locust (''Schistocerca gregaria'') is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. They are found primarily in the deserts and dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, Arabia, and ...
(''S. gregaria'') and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File
[Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Schistocerca'' Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 March 2020)]
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*'' 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
The desert locust (''Schistocerca gregaria'') is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. They are found primarily in the deserts and dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, Arabia, and so ...
'' (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
''Schistocerca nitens'' is a species of grasshopper known by several names, including vagrant grasshopper and gray bird grasshopper. It is a close relative of the desert locust, which is in the same genus. This grasshopper is native to southern N ...
'' (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
External links
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''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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Acrididae genera
Taxa named by Carl Stål
Cyrtacanthacridinae