Acridium peregrinum = Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust)

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Subject:	Acridium peregrinum = Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust)
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Acridium peregrinum
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Old Latin Name Acridium peregrinum
New Latin Name Schistocerca gregaria
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/

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

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