Schistocerca Explained

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)

External links

• • • Schistocerca americana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Schistocerca ceratiola on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Schistocerca Information Site

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 64.
2. Lovejoy . N. R. . 2006 . Ancient trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography: molecular phylogenetics of Schistocerca . Proc Biol Sci . 273 . 1588 . 767–774 . 10.1098/rspb.2005.3381. 1560218 . 16618668. etal.
3. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1112308 Orthoptera Species File: genus Schistocerca Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 March 2020)