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Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Drury, D. (1773) In Illustrations of Natural History, Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects. London. Vol. 1. [1770] Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125982#page/11/mode/1up

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Acrididae
genus
Schistocerca
species
Schistocerca americana

Name

Synonyms
Acridium ambiguum Thomas, 1872
Acridium americanus (Drury, 1773)
Acridium vittatum Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
Cyrtacanthacris interrupta Walker, 1870
Gryllus rusticus Fabricius, 1775
Libellula americanus Drury, 1773
Schistocerca amercana
Schistocerca americana americana
Homonyms
Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773)
Common names
American Bird Grasshopper in English
American Bird Locust in English
American Bird Locust in English
American Bird Locust in English
American grasshopper in English
American grasshopper in English
Шистоцерка американская in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Barrientos Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada, Ciudad de México 171
  2. Beutenmüller. 1894. Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 6(Article XII):304
  3. Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets, Michigan State University Extension 76
  4. Bruner, L. 1920[1919]. Saltatorial Orthoptera from South America and the Isle of Pines. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 13:83
  5. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 144, Plate 31
  6. Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida, University of Florida Press, Gainesville 121
  7. Capinera. 2008. American Grasshopper, Schistocerca americana (Drury) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Encyclopedia of Entomology 1:141-144
  8. Caudell. 1903. Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus.) 26:796
  9. Dirsh. 1974. Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica (Ser. Entomol.) 10:45
  10. Drury. 1770. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of 240 figures of Exotic Insects 1:128
  11. Grunshaw, H. Guermouche, S. Guermouche, Jago, Julien, E. Knowles & F. Perez. 1990. Chemical taxonomic studies of cuticular hydrocarbons in locusts of the Schistocerca americana complex (Acrididae): chemical relationships between new World and Old World species. Journal of Chemical Ecology (Jour. Chem. Ecol.) 16(10):2835-2858
  12. Harvey. 1979. Hybridization studies in the Schistocerca americana complex. 1. The specific status of the central American locust. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (Biol. J. Linn. Soc.) 12(4):354
  13. Harvey. 1981. A reclassification of the Schistocerca americana complex (Orthopera: Acrididae). Acrida 10(2):65
  14. Harvey. 1982. Hybridization studies in the Schistocerca americana complex. 2. The Peruvian locust. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (Biol. J. Linn. Soc.) 17(2):217-223
  15. Hebard. 1915. Dermaptera and Orthoptera found in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, in March, 1915 (Part I). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 26:406
  16. Hebard. 1925. Dermaptera and Orthoptera from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Part II Saltatorial Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 51:286
  17. Hebard. 1932. New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 58(3):278
  18. Hebard. 1934. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist.) 20:188
  19. Jago, Antoniou & P. Scott. 1979. Laboratory evidence showing the separate species status of Schistocerca gregaria, Schistocerca americana and Schistocerca cancellata Acrididae Crytacanthacridinae. Systematic Entomology (Systematic Ent.) 4(2):140
  20. Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):461
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