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Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Forskål, P. (1775) In Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientall observati Petrus Forskal. Prof. Haun. Post morten Acutoris editt Carsten Nieburhr. Hauniae. 164 pp.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Gryllus gregarius Forskål, 1775
Homonyms
Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775)
Common names
Criquet pèlerin in French
Criquet pélerin in French
Desert Locust in English
Dykuminis skėrys in Lithuanian
Egyiptomi vándorsáska in Hungarian
Kgope in Tswana
Pustinjska šaška in Croatian
Woestijnsprinkhaan in Dutch
Woestyntreksprinkaan in Afrikaans
Wüsten-Wanderheuschrecke in German
Wüstenheuschrecke in German
koník kŕdľový in Slovak
llagosta'l desiertu in language.
saranče pustinná in Czech
szarańcza pustynna in Polish
tsie ya naga in Tswana
Çöl Çekirgesi in Turkish
Ørkenvandregræshoppe in Danish
Пустынная саранча in Russian
Сарана пустельна in Ukrainian
Անապատային մորեխ in Armenian
ארבה המדבר in Hebrew
جراد الصحراء in Arabic
サバクトビバッタ in Japanese
Desert Locust in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Forskål. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientall observati Petrus Forskal. Prof. Haun. Post morten Acutoris editt Carsten Nieburhr., Hauniae 81
  2. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
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