Schistocerca
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, and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists:- Schistocerca albolineata – white-lined bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca alutacea – leather-colored bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca americana – American bird grasshopper – type species
- Schistocerca beckeri
- Schistocerca bivittata
- Schistocerca braziliensis
- Schistocerca brevis
- Schistocerca camerata
- Schistocerca cancellata – South American locust
- Schistocerca carneipes
- Schistocerca caribbeana
- Schistocerca centralis
- Schistocerca ceratiola – rosemary grasshopper
- Schistocerca cohni
- Schistocerca damnifica – mischievous bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca diversipes
- Schistocerca flavofasciata
- Schistocerca gorgona
- Schistocerca gregaria – desert locust
- Schistocerca impleta
- Schistocerca interrita
- Schistocerca lineata – spotted bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca literosa – small painted locust
- Schistocerca magnifica
- Schistocerca matogrosso
- Schistocerca melanocera – large painted locust
- Schistocerca nitens – grey bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca obscura – obscure bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca orinoco
- Schistocerca pallens
- Schistocerca philippina
- Schistocerca piceifrons – Central American locust
- Schistocerca quisqueya
- Schistocerca rubiginosa – rusty bird grasshopper
- Schistocerca serialis
- Schistocerca shoshone – green bird grasshopper
- ''Schistocerca socorro''