Complex

Schistocerca alutacea

Schistocerca lineata. Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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). Around 50 other species are described.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
        Suborder: Caelifera (Grasshoppers, locusts, and allies)
        Infraorder: Acrididea (Grasshoppers)
        Superfamily: Acridoidea (Short-horned grasshoppers and locusts)
        Family: Acrididae (Short-horned grasshoppers)
        Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae (Bird grasshoppers)
        Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
        Genus: Schistocerca (Bird grasshoppers)
        Complex: Schistocerca alutacea
        Species: Schistocerca lineata (Spotted bird grasshopper)

Subtaxa

Species: Schistocerca lineata (Spotted bird grasshopper)

Complex

Schistocerca alutacea

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

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