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Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758): male (Canary Islands). (Otu).

Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758): male (Canary Islands). (Otu).

Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758): egg-laying female and male (green morph; Palavas, France, viii 2006). (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntypes (n= 2); male; d0292814-061e-4f41-9fee-673dda1e5b14; deposited at: Linnean Society of London (LINN);

Nomenclature (1)

Gryllus (Locusta) migratorius Linnaeus, 1758: 432.
Syntypes (n= 2); male; d0292814-061e-4f41-9fee-673dda1e5b14; deposited at: Linnean Society of London (LINN); . Syntype; female; 1dcffb5a-5982-47c6-8a1d-264286e1aa7f; deposited at: Linnean Society of London (LINN);

Nomenclature references (1)

Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.). Holmiae. Vol. 1, 824 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up

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Descendants and synonyms

Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Locusta migratoria migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - =Pachytylus australis Saussure, 1884
  - =Pachytylus brasiliensis Walker, 1870
  - =Locusta cinerascens Fabricius, 1781
  - =Gryllus (Locusta) danicus Linnaeus, 1767
  - =Locusta migratoria gallica Remaudière, 1947
  - =Locusta migratoria migratoria f. remaudierei Harz, 1962
  - =Locusta rossica Uvarov & Zolotarevsky, 1929
  - =Locusta migratoria solitaria Carthy, 1955
- Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
  - =Gastrimargus affinis Sjöstedt, 1931
  - =Locusta danica burmana Ramme, 1951
  - =Pachytylus capito Saussure, 1884
  - =Acrydium manilense Meyen, 1835
  - =Locusta migratoria migratoriodes [sic] Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849
  - =Pachytylus migratoroides [sic] (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
  - =Locusta migratoroides [sic] Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849
  - =Gastrimargus morio Sjöstedt, 1931
  - =Pachytylus punctifrons Dirsh, 1961
  - =Locusta migratoria tibetensis Chen, 1963

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

External links to websites

Specimens in the Natural History Museum London [specimen level information]
Specimens in MNHN Paris [specimen level information]

Gender, form, and etymology

Adjectivemigratorius, migratoria, migratorium

Etymology:

Reference to migratory behaviour.

Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
species	1	1	0
subspecies	40	2	38