Schistocerca americana

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Schistocerca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. alutacea (Green Bird Grasshopper) · S. americana (American Bird Grasshopper) · S. americana americana (American Grasshopper) · S. ceratiola (Rosemary Grasshopper) · S. damnifica (Mischievous Bird Grasshopper) · S. gregaria (Desert Locust) · S. lineata (Spotted Bird Grasshopper) · S. literosa (Small Painted Locust) · S. melanocera (Large Painted Locust) · S. nitens (Gray Bird Grasshopper) · S. nitens nitens (Gray Bird Locust) · S. obscura (Obscure Bird Grasshopper) · S. shoshone (Green Bird Grasshopper)

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Further Reading

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• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 183.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• OSF: Orthoptera Species File Online. Release date: October 23, 2009
• Orthoptera Species File Online, 2.5, 2006.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Song, Hojun (from Orthoptera Species File Database).

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: OSF-19890
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 102225
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIORT59010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 16086

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