Locusta

Locusta migratoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acridoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Caelifera Infraordo: Acrididea Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Oedipodinae
Tribus: Locustini
Genus: Locusta
Species: L. cinerascens – L. migratoria
†L. prisca

Name

Locusta Linnaeus, 1758

• Type species: Gryllus migratorius Linnaeus, 1758; fixation: subsequent designation under the plenary power by ICZN 1945: 265 BHL

Synonyms

• Acrydium Latreille, 1804
• Oedipus Berthold, 1827
• Pachytylus Fieber, 1852

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 431. Reference page. 

Additional references

• ICZN 1945. Opinion 158. On the status of the name Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Insecta, Order Orthoptera). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(28): 263–274. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Locusta in the Orthoptera Species File database, accessed on 25/10/2013.
• Locusta Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• ZooBank: 954C70F2-9C9E-42B2-BFCA-C0F7FBAF6CF3