Schistocerca damnifica, known generally as the mischievous bird grasshopper or Carolina locust, is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
| Genus: | Schistocerca |
| Species: | S. damnifica
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| Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861)
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Features
editMales reach generally reach sizes between 25 and 33 mm, females may grow to 37–47 mm. Wings and antennae of specimen located in the southern regions tend to be longer than their northern counterparts.[5] These characteristics have led some authors to the designation of southern specimen as the subspecies Schistocerca damnifica calidior.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Schistocerca damnifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Schistocerca damnifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Schistocerca damnifica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "Species Schistocerca damnifica - Mischievous Bird Grasshopper". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Brimley, Clement Samuel (1938). The insects of North Carolina, being a list of the insects of North Carolina and their close relatives. Raleigh. p. 29.
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Further reading
edit- Dirsh, Vitaly Michailovich (1974). Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica. Vol. 10. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-6193-120-1.
External links
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