Schistocerca
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Schistocerca americana
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρκα (kérka, “a long-legged bird”)
Proper noun
Schistocerca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – bird grasshoppers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Orthoptera - order; Caelifera - suborder; Acrididea - infraorder; Acridoidea - superfamily; Acrididae - family; Cyrtacanthacridinae - subfamily; Cyrtacanthacridini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Schistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper) - type species; Schistocerca albolineata (white-lined bird grasshopper), Schistocerca alutacea (leather-colored bird grasshopper), Schistocerca cancellata (South American locust), Schistocerca ceratiola (rosemary bird grasshopper), Schistocerca damnifica (mischievous bird grasshopper), Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust), Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper), Schistocerca literosa (small painted locust), Schistocerca melanocera (large painted locust), Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper), Schistocerca obscura (obscure bird grasshopper), Schistocerca pallens, Schistocerca shoshone (Central American locust), Schistocerca rubiginosa (rusty bird grasshopper), Schistocerca serialis, Schistocerca shoshone (green bird grasshopper) - selected other species; for more species see
Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
Descendants
- → English: schistocerca
References
Schistocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Schistocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Schistocerca at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Schistocerca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Schistocerca at AnimalBase
- Schistocerca at Paleobiology Database
