Schistocerca Information Site
Below is an identification key to 43 Schistocerca species. Illustrations of useful morphological characters are also included. Not included are S. brevis, S. matogrosso, S. orinoco and S. magnifica. Known distribution of the species is indicated in brackets.
Schistocerca Information Site
Schistocerca is the largest genus of Cyrtacanthacridinae containing about 50 species. The main morphological character that distinguishes Schistocerca from the rest of the subfamily is the shape of male subgenital plate.
Schistocerca Information Site
Schistocerca is the largest genus of Cyrtacanthacridinae containing about 50 species. I recognized forty-six species (49 including subspecies) in my study, which is presented in the table below.
Schistocerca Information Site
Schistocerca displays an unusual transatlantic distribution. Of about fifty species in the genus, only one species, the desert locust, S. gregaria, occurs in the Old World and the rest of the species of the genus occur in the New World. These two opposite patterns of transatlantic distributions have generated considerable controversies among ...
Abstract. Schistocerca cohni n. sp. is described from central Mexico and a Socorro Island endemic species, S. socorro, is redescribed with status change and justified emendation. Male external and internal gen-italia are described and illustrated. Biology of the endemic species briefly described.
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Song Lab Publications (2021-Present) - Schistocerca
Cytogenomic analysis unveils mixed molecular evolution and recurrent chromosome rearrangements shaping the multigene families on Schistocerca grasshopper genomes. Evolution 75 (8): 2027-2041. [80] Foquet, B., Castellanos, A.A., and Song, H. 2021.
The genus Schistocerca includes about 50 species, most of which are nonswarming sedentary species, and thus the genus has been considered an excellent system to study the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. (Song and Wenzel 2008; Song et al. 2017).
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The Song Lab focuses on the study of an insect order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids) and other insects and aims at understanding behavioral, ecological, physiological, morphological and molecular evolution in a phylogenetic framework. Hojun Song, Ph.D. Department of Entomology.
In this study, we ex-plicitly quantified density-dependent reaction norms in behavior, coloration, and morphology in last instar nymphs of S. cancellata under isolated and crowded conditions. We also quantified density-dependent plasti-city in adults (size) and in some life history traits.