Schistocerca

Schistocerca is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria) and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.

Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists:


 * Schistocerca albolineata (Thomas, 1875) – white-lined bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) – leather-colored bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773) – American bird grasshopper – type species
 * Schistocerca beckeri (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca bivittata (Stål, 1873)
 * Schistocerca braziliensis (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca brevis (Rehn, 1913)
 * Schistocerca camerata (Scudder, 1899)
 * Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838) – South American locust
 * Schistocerca carneipes (Serville, 1838)
 * Schistocerca caribbeana (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca centralis (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca ceratiola (Hubbell & Walker, 1928) – rosemary grasshopper
 * Schistocerca cohni (Song, 2006)
 * Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) – mischievous bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca diversipes (Hebard, 1923)
 * Schistocerca flavofasciata (De Geer, 1773)
 * Schistocerca gorgona (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775) – desert locust
 * Schistocerca impleta (Walker, 1870)
 * Schistocerca interrita (Scudder, 1899)
 * Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899) – spotted bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca literosa (Walker, 1870) – small painted locust
 * Schistocerca magnifica (Bruner, 1913)
 * Schistocerca matogrosso (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861) – large painted locust
 * Schistocerca nitens (Thunberg, 1815) – grey bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798) – obscure bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca orinoco (Dirsh, 1974)
 * Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815)
 * Schistocerca philippina (Navás, 1904)
 * Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker, 1870) – Central American locust
 * Schistocerca quisqueya (Rehn & Hebard, 1938)
 * Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris, 1862) – rusty bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca serialis (Thunberg, 1815)
 * Schistocerca shoshone (Thomas, 1873) – green bird grasshopper
 * Schistocerca socorro (Dirsh, 1974)