Schistocerca obscura

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Schistocerca obscura
Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura) Virginia 1.jpg
Adult, Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Schistocerca
Species:
S. obscura
Binomial name
Schistocerca obscura
(Fabricius, 1798 [1] )

Schistocerca obscura, the obscure bird grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. The species occurs in the United States, from Maryland south to Florida and west to Arizona. [2]

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References

  1. "Obscure Bird Grasshopper - Encyclopedia of Life".
  2. "Bug Eric: The Obscure Bird Grasshopper". 12 December 2013.