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Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870)

Brown Locust
Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (30)

  • Pachytylus pardalina Walker, 1870: 725.

    Syntype; male; 963ea7d0-e2f0-4363-a906-39726d22320f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa. Syntype; female; 7193c848-2a65-41ff-8e8a-9362bb0e1c57; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Pachytylus sulcicollis Stål, 1876: 50.

    Syntype; 2074e5c1-0a37-4ae5-9ca6-0ee67addcb9c; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Namibia: Erongo: Damaraland

  • Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870) in Price, 2021: 1.
  • Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870) in Henschel, Duncan, du Toit, Milton & van der Merwe, 2023

References (26)

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  • Stål, C. (1876) Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 33(3), 29–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100513#page/177/mode/1up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1887) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Waldemar Belck 1885 im Damaralande gesammelten Orthopteren. Entomologische Nachrichten, 13, 39–46. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100978#page/61/mode/1up
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  • Uvarov, B.P. (1921) A revision of the genus Locusta L. (=Pachytylus Fieb.) with a new theory as to the periodicity and migrations of locusts. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 12, 135–163. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41061#page/161/mode/1up
  • Faure, J.C. (1923) The life history of the brown locust, Locustana pardalina (Walker). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa, 7, 204–224.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Chopard, L. (1958) Les Orthopteroides des Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série E Entomologie, 10, 3–40.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Botha, D.H. & Jansen, A. (1969) Night flying by brown locusts, Locustana pardalina (Walker). Phytophylactica, 1, 79–92.
  • Lea, A. (1969) The population ecology of brown locusts, Locustana pardalina (Walker), on fixed observation areas. Phytophylactica, 1, 93–102.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Todd, M.C., Washington, R., Cheke, R.A. & Kniveton, D. (2002) Brown Locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology, 39(1), 31–42. Available at http://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00691.x
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2011) Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine. University of Chicago Press, 384 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up
  • Price, R.E. (2019) Brown Locust Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870) (Acrididae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 104–108.
  • Price, R. (2021) Alternative strategies for controlling the Brown Locust, Locustana pardalina (Walker). Agronomy, 11(2212), 1–19. Available at http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/11/2212
  • Henschel, J.R., Duncan, F.D., du Toit, J.C.O., Milton, S.J. & van der Merwe, H. (2023) The brown locust refocussed - knowns, unknowns and the relevance of Locustana pardalina (Walker) to Karoo ecosystems and rangeland management. Journal of Arid Environments.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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