Schistocerca

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribus: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Schistocerca
Species: S. albolineata – S. alutacea – S. americana – S. andeana – S. beckeri – S. bivittata – S. braziliensis – S. brevis – S. camerata – S. cancellata – S. carneipes – S. centralis – S. ceratiola – S. damnifica – S. diversipes – S. flavofasciata – S. gorgona – S. gregaria – S. impleta – S. interrita – S. lineata – S. literosa – S. magnifica – S. matogrosso – S. melanocera – S. nitens – S. obscura – S. orinoco – S. pallens – S. piceifrons – S. quisqueya – S. rubiginosa – S. serialis – S. shoshone – S. subspurcata
Name

Schistocerca Stål, 1873
Type species: Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773)
References

Recencio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. 1 Acridiodea: 64 (Acridium (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]

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

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)