Schistocerca
Translingual
Schistocerca americana
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρκα (kérka, “a long-legged bird”)
Proper noun
Schistocerca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – the bird grasshoppers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Orthoptera - order; Caelifera - suborder; Acrididea - infraorder; Acridoidea - superfamily; Acrididae - family; Cyrtacanthacridinae - subfamily; Cyrtacanthacridini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Schistocerca americana - type species; for other species see
Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
References
Schistocerca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Schistocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Schistocerca at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Schistocerca at Encyclopedia of Life
- Schistocerca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Schistocerca at AnimalBase
- Schistocerca at Paleology Database