List of locust species
This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops.
- 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.
- Ceracris kiangsu: the yellow-spined bamboo locust - Indo-China, eastern China
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
- High plains grasshopper Dissosteira longipennis-- display locust-like swarming behavior during the 1930s, but never since.
References
- Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. Locust Handbook (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)