Schistocerca

''Schistocerca'' 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.

Species

The Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera 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 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

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