List of locust species

List of locust species

This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops. The term "locust" is also often applied to species of "Cicada" and "Magicicada"Fact|date=April 2007 although they are not actually locusts.

List of locust species

* American desert locust "Schistocerca americana"
* Australian plague locust "Chortoicetes terminifera"
* Bombay locust "Nomadacris succincta"
* Brown locust "Locustana pardalina"
* Desert locust "Schistocerca gregaria"
* Italian locust "Calliptamus italicus"
* Migratory locust "Locusta migratoria"
* Moroccan locust "Dociostaurus maroccanus"
* Red locust "Nomadacris septemfasciata"
* Rocky Mountain locust "Melanoplus spretus" – extinct
* Tree locusts "Anacridium" spp.
** "A. aegyptium"
** "A. melanorhodon"
** "A. wernerellum"

Borderline species

* Senegalese grasshopper "Oedaleus senegalensis" - often displays locust-like behaviour in the Sahel region
* Sudan plague locust "Aiolopus simulatrix" - occasionally behaves like a locust in eastern Sudan

References

* Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. "Locust Handbook" (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)


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