Dissosteira longipennis
| Dissosteira longipennis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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] specifically on the High Plains, consistently from eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska to eastern New Mexico and northwest Texas, and sometimes as far south as South Texas, north to Montana, and east to Iowa; it is now most common in Colorado and Kansas.[5] 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. (Excluding Central America)
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- 1 2 "Dissosteira longipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Dissosteira longipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Dissosteira longipennis". GBIF. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- 1 2 "Dissosteira longipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑
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...
- ↑
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.