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]

Schistocerca
Schistocerca cf. americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Schistocerca Stål, 1873
Species
see text

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)