List of locust species

This is a list (alphabetized by binomial species name) of locust species of the taxonomic family Acrididae capable of density-dependent phase polyphenism and swarming behavior, potentially inflicting massive damage to crops.

Australian plague locust nymph (fourth instar)

Dense hopper band of desert locusts

• Aiolopus simulatrix - Sudan plague locust of eastern Sudan
• Anacridium aegyptium - Egyptian locust of Europe, northern Africa and Central Asia
• Anacridium melanorhodon - Sahelian tree locust of Sahel region of Africa
• Anacridium wernerellum - Sudan tree locust of Sudanese vegetation zone
• Austracris guttulosa - Spur-throated locust of Australia
• Austroicetes cruciata - Small plague grasshopper of Australia
• Calliptamus italicus - Italian locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, central Europe and Central Asia
• Ceracris kiangsu - Yellow-spined bamboo locust of Indo-China and southern China
• Chortoicetes terminifera - Australian plague locust of Australia
• Dissosteira longipennis - High plains locust of North America (formed large swarms as recently as the 1930s but never since)
• Dociostaurus maroccanus - Moroccan locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, North Africa, southern and eastern Europe, Middle East and western Asia
• Gastrimargus musicus - Yellow-winged locust of Australia
• Gomphocerus sibiricus - Siberian locust of Siberia and high mountains of Europe
• Locusta migratoria - Migratory locust of Asia, Africa and eastern Europe
• Locustana pardalina - Brown locust of Southern Africa
• Melanoplus differentialis - Differential grasshopper of Northern Mexico, central USA and southern Ontario, Canada
• Melanoplus sanguinipes - Migratory grasshopper of Caribbean and North America
• Melanoplus spretus - Rocky Mountain locust of North America (now extinct)
• Nomadacris septemfasciata - Red locust of southern and south central Africa
• Nomadacris succincta - Bombay locust of India and Southeast Asia
• Oedaleus senegalensis - Senegalese grasshopper of Sahel region of Africa, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and West Asia
• Rhammatocerus schistocercoides - Mato Grosso locust of Brazil
• Schistocerca cancellata - South American locust of South America
• Schistocerca gregaria - Desert locust of deserts of western Africa, northern Africa and western India
• Schistocerca piceifrons - Central American locust of Central America
• Schistocerca interrita - Peru locust of western South America
• Trimerotropis pallidipennis - Pallid-winged grasshopper of western North America

References

• Steedman, Alison, ed. (December 1988). Locust Handbook (2nd ed.). London: Natural Resources Institute. ISBN 978-0859542326.
• Pener, Meir Paul; Simpson, Stephen J. (September 23, 2009). Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update. Advances in Insect Physiology. 36 (1st ed.). Academic Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780123814289.