Schistocerca damnifica
Schistocerca damnifica, known generally as the mischievous bird grasshopper or Carolina locust, is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
| Genus: | Schistocerca |
| Species: | S. damnifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) | |
Features
Males reach generally reach sizes between 25-33, females may grow to 37-47 mm. Wings and antennae of specimen located in the southern regions tend to be longer than their northern counterparts.[5] These characteristics have led some authors to the designation of southern specimen as the subspecies Schistocerca damnifica calidior.[6]
References
- "Schistocerca damnifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Schistocerca damnifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Schistocerca damnifica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- "Species Schistocerca damnifica - Mischievous Bird Grasshopper". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- Brimley, Clement Samuel (1938). The insects of North Carolina, being a list of the insects of North Carolina and their close relatives. Raleigh. p. 29.
Further reading
- Dirsh, Vitaly Michailovich (1974). Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica. Vol. 10. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-6193-120-1.
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