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species
Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773)
American Bird Locust
Nomenclature (54)
- Libellula americanus Drury, 1773: 128. (valid)
Neotype; female; af77e7fb-8e1a-4609-bc84-565176c015af; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United States
- Gryllus rusticus Fabricius, 1775: 292.
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- Acridium americanum (Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1862: 466.
- Acridium americanum (Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1869: 4.
- Cyrtacanthacris approximans Walker, 1870: 572.
Holotype; female; ad51ac78-a3bb-4da9-9ab7-568b49ab38c0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North America
- Cyrtacanthacris interrupta Walker, 1870: 572.
Holotype; male; 2a90e5e9-648d-4abe-971f-9c6064909e75; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North America
- Acridium ambiguum Thomas, 1872: 447.
Syntype; 279ea16a-923b-4994-b39e-3f1657193871; United States
- Acridium americanum (Drury, 1773) in Beutenmüller, 1894: 304.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Walker, 1897
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Walker, 1899: 29.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1899: 447.
- Gryllus rusticus Fabricius, 1775 (synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1899: 474.
- Acridium ambiguum Thomas, 1872 (subjective synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1899: 474.
- Acridium americanum (Drury, 1773) in Scudder, 1901: 6.
- Acridium ambiguum Thomas, 1872 in Scudder, 1901: 6.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rehn, 1903: 15.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rehn, 1903: 133.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Caudell, 1903: 796.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Morse, 1904: 38.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rehn & Hebard, 1905: 39.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rehn, 1906: 116.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Kirby, 1910: 461.
- Cyrtacanthacris approximans Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium paranense Burmeister, 1861) in Kirby, 1910: 460.
- Cyrtacanthacris interrupta Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Kirby, 1910: 461.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rehn & Hebard, 1912: 257.
- Libellula americanus Drury, 1773 (subjective synonym of Gryllus serialis Thunberg, 1815) in Hebard, 1915: 406.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Bruner, 1920: 83.
- Schistocerca americana americana (Drury, 1773) in Hebard, 1925: 286.
- Schistocerca americana americana (Drury, 1773) in Hebard, 1932: 278.
- Schistocerca americana americana (Drury, 1773) in Hebard, 1934: 188.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Liebermann, 1939: 204.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Vickery & Kevan, 1964: 1555.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Vickery & Kevan, 1967: 46.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Dirsh, 1974: 45.
- Gryllus rusticus Fabricius, 1775 (synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Dirsh, 1974: 49.
- Acridium ambiguum Thomas, 1872 (subjective synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Dirsh, 1974: 50.
- Cyrtacanthacris approximans Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Dirsh, 1974: 49.
- Cyrtacanthacris interrupta Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Libellula americanus Drury, 1773) in Dirsh, 1974: 50.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Jago, Antoniou & Scott, 1979: 140.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Harvey, 1979: 354.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Harvey, 1981: 65.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Vickery & Kevan, 1983: 717.
- Schistocerca amercana in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 330.
- Schistocerca americana americana (Drury, 1773) in Grunshaw, Guermouche, Guermouche, Jago, Julien, Knowles & Perez, 1990
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Richman, Lightfoot, Sutherland & Ferguson, 1993
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Capinera, Scherer & Squitier, 2001: 121.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Bland, 2003: 76.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Song, 2004
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 144, Plate 31.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Rivera García, 2006: 142.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Capinera, 2008
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 171.
- Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) in Foquet, Castellanos & Song, 2021
- Schistocerca amercana (unavailable or invalid, linked to Libellula americanus Drury, 1773)
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Descendants and synonyms
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Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
species | 9 | 1 | 8 |
subspecies | 0 | 0 | 0 |