Australian plague locust

Australian plague locust
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Chortoicetes
Species:
C. terminifera
Binomial name
Chortoicetes terminifera
(Walker, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Calataria coerulescens Sjöstedt, 1932
  • Calataria rubripes Sjöstedt, 1921
  • Calataria terminifera subsp. elegans Sjöstedt, 1921
  • Calataria terminifera subsp. fuscosanguinea Sjöstedt, 1936
  • Chortoicetes affinis J.A.G.Rehn, 1907
  • Chortoicetes yorketownensis Brancsik, 1896
  • Chortoicetes yorketownensis subsp. fuscus Brancsik, 1896
  • Epacromia terminifera F.Walker, 1870

The Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) is a species of locust in the family Acrididae native to Australia, where it is a significant agricultural pest.

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