Acridium peregrinum = Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust) Acridium peregrinum
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Old Latin Name Acridium peregrinum
New Latin Name Schistocerca gregaria
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The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of locust, a periodically swarming, short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. The desert locusts are found primarily in the deserts and dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, Arabia, and southwest Asia.
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Schistocerca
Species: Schistocerca gregaria Forsskål, 1775
Synonyms
- Acridium peregrina Olivier, 1804
- Gryllus rufescens Thunberg, 1815
