List of locust species
This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops.
- American locust Schistocerca americana (does not swarm)[1]
- 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
- Spur-throated locust, Australis procera - Australia
- Tree locusts Anacridium spp.
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
- ^ Thomas, M. C. The American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana americana (Drury) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Entomology Circular No. 342. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. May, 1991.
- Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. Locust Handbook (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)