subspecies

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775)

Desert Locust; Wüstenheuschrecke; Le Criquet pèlerin; Le Criquet du désert

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775): pink legs are one of the first very early signs of gregarization (Niger, Tamesna, November 1989). (Otu).

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775): Fig. 617. male habitus, lateral view. (Otu).

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775): Page 167, Figure 5. female habitus. (Otu).

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775): lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 32538562-6b61-4587-84d9-db8183d8f13b; Egypt: Cairo

Nomenclature (99)

Gryllus gregarius Forskål, 1775: 81.
Holotype; male; 32538562-6b61-4587-84d9-db8183d8f13b; Egypt: Cairo
Acridium peregrinum Olivier, 1804: 388.
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Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775) in Sultana, Kumar, Samejo, Soomro & Lecoq, 2021: 145.
Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775)

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