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Species

Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker, 1870)

Australian Plague Locust
CollectionObject 1521587; 30744fe3-b0e7-42d5-8224-9f4600e37504: Fig. 3. male, lateral view (after type of Chortoicetes affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521587; 30744fe3-b0e7-42d5-8224-9f4600e37504: Fig. 3. male, lateral view (after type of Chortoicetes affinis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (47)

  • Epacromia terminifera Walker, 1870: 777.

    Holotype; female; 2a5bc21b-5056-4dd4-ae33-45059064ab87; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Western Australia: Swan River

  • Chortoicetes fuscus Brancsik, 1895: 243-62.
  • Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker, 1870) in Veran, Simpson, Sword, Deveson, Piry, Hines & Berthier, 2015
  • Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker, 1870) in Hunter, 2019: 56-59.

References (29)

  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Brancsik, K. (1895) Orthoptera quaedam nova africana et australica. Jahresheft des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsiner Comitates, 17–18, 243–262, tab. VII–IX.
  • Froggatt, W.W. (1903) Locusts and Grasshoppers. Part I. The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 14, 1102–1110, 1 pl.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Records and descriptions of Australian Orthoptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 23, 443–457. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1935
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1920) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 20. Acridiodea. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(20), 1–67. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/613/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Newman, L.J. (1925) Locusts. Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker). Journal of the Deptartment of Agriculture of Western Australia, (2)2(4), 503–504.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Acridiodea aus dem Queensland Museum zu Brisbane. Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(11), 21 pp.
  • Newman, L.J. (1934) The locust menace (Chortoicetes terminifera). Journal of the Deptartment of Agriculture of Western Australia, (2)11(2), 545–551.
  • Davidson, J. (1936) On the ecology of the Black-tipped Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera Walk.) in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 60, 137–152. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129824#page/229/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Noble, N.S. (1938) Some observations on egg-laying by the Plague Grasshopper (Chortoicetes terminfera). The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 49(2), 77–79.
  • Andrewartha, H.G. (1940) The environment of the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera Walk.) in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 64(1), 76–94. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129844#page/87/mode/1up
  • Weidner, H. (1952) Heuschreckenprobleme in Australien. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten (Pflanzenpathologie) und Pflanzenschutz, 59, 323–326.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1954) The taxonomy, phases and distribution of the genera Chortoicetes Brunn. and Austroicetes Uv. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1–237 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Hunter, D.M., Walker, P.W. & Elder, R.J. (2001) Adaptations of locusts and grasshoppers to the low and variable rainfall of Australia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 10(2), 347–351. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282001%29010%5B0347%3AAOLAGT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, v-ix, 1–419.
  • Deveson, E.D. & Walker, P.W. (2005) Not a one-way trip: historical distribution data for Australian plague locusts support frequent seasonal exchange migrations. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(1), 91–105.
  • Gray, L.J., Sword, G.A., Anstey, M.L., Clissold, F.J. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Behavioural phase polyphenism in the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera). Biology Letters, 5(3), 306–309.
  • Cullen, D.A., Sword, G.A., Dodgson, T. & Simpson, S.J. (2010) Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae. Journal of Insect Physiology, 56(8), 937–942.
  • Hansen, M.J., Buhl, J., Bazazi, S., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2011) Cannibalism in the lifeboat — collective movement in Australian plague locusts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65, 1715–1720. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/q255814671k6k148/fulltext.pdf
  • Veran, S., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Deveson, E.D., Piry, S., Hines, J.E. & Berthier, K. (2015) Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics of outbreaking species: influence of environment and migration in a locust. Ecology, 96(3), 737–748.
  • Hunter, D.M. (2019) Australian Plague Locust Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker, 1870) (Acrididae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 56–59.

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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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