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Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870)

Central American Locust
Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870): female nymph. (Otu).
Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870): female nymph. (Otu).
Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870): male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (29)

  • Acridium piceifrons Walker, 1870: 578. (valid)

    Holotype; male; f851de47-66eb-4f07-b93d-3d967be28c0e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico: Veracruz: Orizaba

  • Acridium vicarium Walker, 1870: 580.

    Holotype; male; d204cf1d-51b7-4d97-b64d-6e6512961675; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico: Veracruz: Orizaba

  • Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870) in Poot-Pech, 2023: 33.
  • Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870) in Puga-Patlán, Barrientos-Lozano, Sánchez-Reyes, Rocha-Sánchez & Almaguer-Sierra, 2024

References (25)

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  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1974) Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica, 10, 238 pp.
  • Jago, N.D., Antoniou, A. & Scott, A.C. (1979) Laboratory evidence showing the separate species status of Schistocerca gregaria, americana and cancellata (Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Systematic Entomology, 4, 133–142.
  • Harvey, A.W. (1981) A reclassification of the Schistocerca americana complex (Orthopera: Acrididae). Acrida, 10(2), 61–77.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Jago, N.D., Antoniou, A. & Grunshaw, J.P. (1982) Further laboratory evidence for the separate species status of the South American locust (Schistocerca cancellata Serville) and the Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons Walker). Journal of Natural History, 16(5), 763–768.
  • Harvey, A.W. (1983) Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), the swarming locust of tropical America: a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73(2), 171–184.
  • Hernandez, V.M., Berlanga, A.M. & Barrientos-Lozano, L. (2000) Vegetable and mineral oil formulations of Metarhizium anisopilae var. acridium to control the Central American Locust (Shistocerca piceifrons piceifrons Walker) Orthoptera, Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 223–227.
  • Song, H., Weissman, D.B., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2006) The Locust Island. American Entomologist (Lanham, Md.), 52(3), 168–181. Available at http://academic.oup.com/ae/article/52/3/168/2474794
  • García García, P.L., Cano-Santana, Z., Castellanos-Vargas, I., Torvar-Sanchez, E. & Mora-Jarvio, M. (2008) Nutritional ecology of Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons adults from Socorro Island, Mexico. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(1), 107–110. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282008%2917%5B107%3ANEOSPP%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Díaz-Sánchez, Á.A., Barrientos-Lozano, L., Almaguer-Sierra, P. & Blanco-Macías, F. (2015) Cromatismo y morfometría de ninfas de la langosta centroamericana (Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons Walker, 1870) en el sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, nueva serie, 31(2), 298–305.
  • Poot-Pech, M.A., Ruiz-Sánchez, E., Ballina-Gómez, H.S., Gamboa-Angulo, M.M. & Reyes-Ramírez, A. (2016) Olfactory response and host plant feeding of the Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons Walker to common plants in a gregarious zone. Neotropical Entomology, 45(4), 382–388.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Mariño-Pérez, R., Castellanos-Vargas, I., Monge-Rodríguez, S. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2017) Ortópteros de Oaxaca. Orthopterans of Oaxaca. WBA Handbooks 8, Verona, 1–212 pp.
  • Song, H. (2019) Central American Locust Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker, 1870) (Acrididae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 171–174.
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Song, H., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y. & Torres-Castillo, J.A. (2021) State of the art management of the Central American Locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870). Agronomy, 11(1024), 1–16. Available at http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/6/1024
  • Foquet, B., Castellanos, A.A. & Song, H. (2021) Comparative analysis of phenotypic plasticity sheds light on the evolution and molecular underpinnings of locust phase polyphenism. Scientific Reports, 11(11925). Available at http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91317-w
  • Poot-Pech, M.A. (2023) Probability of a Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons upsurge in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 32(1), 33–42. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/73824/
  • Puga-Patlán, P., Barrientos-Lozano, L., Sánchez-Reyes, U.J., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y. & Almaguer-Sierra, P. (2024) Impact of climate change on the generation of new breeding areas of Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons. Southwestern Entomologist, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.049.0130

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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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Subspecies1045