Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841)

Leather-colored Bird Locust
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 60. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 60. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 5 (b = 1 mm). male subgenital plate. (Otu).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Acridium alutaceum Harris, 1841: 139.

    Neotype; male; a2870248-e3e4-465e-9e2e-e080ce86e041; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); United States: Massachusetts: Martha's Vineyard

  • Acridium alutaceum Harris, 1841 in Scudder, 1869: 4.
  • ... Show all ... (28)
  • Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 170.
  • Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 147.

Nomenclature references (32)

  • 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.
  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
  • ... Show all ... (28)
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Brust, M.L., Bomar, C.R. & Harman, A.J. (2025) Updated county-level distribution records for Wisconsin short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae and Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.124604
  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
  • Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26, 775–809, Plate 55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1974) Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica, 10, 238 pp.
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • Harris, T.W. (1841) Insects of Massachusetts Injurious to Vegetation. Folsom, Wells & Thurton, Cambridge, MA, 459 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/reportoninsectso01harr
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Henderson, W.W. (1943) The genus Schistocerca in Utah. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 20, 99–103.
  • Hubbell, T.H. (1960) The sibling species of the Alutacea group of the bird-locust genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 116, 1–91, 23 pls., 9 figs.
  • 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
  • Morse, A.P. (1904) Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 18, 56 pp., 8 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Ub0GAAAAYAAJ
  • Morse, A.P. (1920) Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 35(6), 197–556, 20 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=jf5RAAAAMAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1905) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of south and central Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 57, 29–55, Pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1909) An orthopterological reconnoisance of the southwest United States. Part II: New Mexico and western Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 61, 111–175. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84740#page/119/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1911) Preliminary studies of North Carolina Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 615–650. [1910] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84751#page/631/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1902) Schistocerca alutacea and rubiginosa. Entomological News, 13(3), 89. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79278#page/109/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1906) The Orthoptera of the Bahamas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 22, 107–118. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=C60UAAAAYAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Records of Orthoptera from the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas. Entomological News, 18, 209–212. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84871#page/243/mode/1up
  • Richman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Sutherland, C.A. & Ferguson, J.W.H. (1993) A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook, 7, 1–112. Available at http://nmsu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AgCircs/id/63174
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 9, 1–60. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88768#page/23/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of North America described previous to 1867. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 89 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=llgtAAAAIAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up
  • Song, H. (2004) Revision of the Alutacea Group of genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cytracanthacridinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97(3), 420–436.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Walker, F. (1870) In 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1034