Dissosteira longipennis

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Trimerotropini
Genus: Dissosteira
Species:
D. longipennis
Binomial name
Dissosteira longipennis
(Thomas, 1872)

Dissosteira longipennis, the high plains locust, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[2][6] During the 1930s, it formed enormous swarms and caused significant damage to crops in the western United States,[7] but it is now very rare and has not swarmed since. However rare, the species is still extant,[8] unlike the Rocky Mountain locust, the only other species of locust found in North America.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Dissosteira longipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dissosteira longipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dissosteira longipennis". GBIF. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dissosteira longipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020. ...the High Plains locust (Dissosteira longipennis), which swept through the early 1930s...
  8. ↑ Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020. The High Plains locust still exists, but it's uncommon, just another innocent-looking grasshopper munching away on plants.


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