superspecies
Schistocerca supersp. americana (Drury, 1773)
Nomenclature (3)
- Libellula americanus Drury, 1773: 128.
- Schistocerca americana species group (Drury, 1773) in Harvey, 1981
- Schistocerca americana species group (Drury, 1773) in Song, Foquet, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2017
Nomenclature references (3)
- Drury, D. (1773) In Illustrations of Natural History, Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects. London. Vol. 1. [1770] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125982#page/11/mode/1up
- Harvey, A.W. (1981) A reclassification of the Schistocerca americana complex (Orthopera: Acrididae). Acrida, 10(2), 61–77.
- Song, H., Foquet, B., Mariño-Pérez, R. & Woller, D.A. (2017) Phylogeny of locusts and grasshoppers reveals complex evolution of density-dependent phenotypic plasticity. Scientific Reports, 7(6606), 1–13. Available at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-07105-y
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| superspecies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| subspecies | 6 | 0 | 16 | 22 |