Ceracris kiangsu

Ceracris kiangsu[1] is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae, sometimes called the yellow-spined bamboo locust.[2] It occurs in Indo-China and southern China, where it may become a locally significant agricultural pest. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]

Ceracris kiangsu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Genus: Ceracris
Species:
C. kiangsu
Binomial name
Ceracris kiangsu
Tsai, P., 1929
Synonyms

Rammeacris kiangsu (Tsai, P., 1929)

Mud-puddling behaviour has been noted: these insects are attracted to the sodium and ammonium ions in human urine.[4]

References
  1. Tsai, P. 1929. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 10:140
  2. Yu, Hai-Ping; Shen, Ke; Wang, Zhi-Tian; Mu, Li-Li; Li, Guo-Qing (January 2011). "Population control of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu, using urine-borne chemical baits in bamboo forest". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 138 (1): 71–76. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01076.x.
  3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. Shen, Ke; Wang, Hao-Jie; Shao, Lin; Xiao, Kai; Shu, Jin-Ping; Xu, Tian-Sen & Li, Guo-Qing (2009): Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine? Journal of Insect Physiology 55(1): 78-84. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.011 (HTML abstract)
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