Brown‐spotted locust (Cyrtacanthacris tatarica)

Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Cyrtacanthacris
Scientific name
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Eswatini Ethiopia China Pakistan South Sudan Kenya Laos Myanmar Nepal Oman Rwanda Sri Lanka Angola Bangladesh Botswana Madagascar Malawi India Mozambique Namibia South Africa Cambodia Saudi Arabia Thailand Uganda Tanzania Vietnam

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Subspecies for this species

• Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cyrtacanthacris tatarica abyssinica Uvarov, 1941

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Specimen contributors for this species

Natural history collections are built by people. The specimens that document this species were collected in the field, preserved in collections, and identified by generations of researchers and naturalists. Bionomia helps make these often-overlooked contributions visible by linking specimen records to the people behind them.

The contributors shown here are drawn from specimen records made available through GBIF and attributed to individuals by Bionomia. Each list shows up to the 20 people with the most specimens for this species, ranked from most to fewest.

Collected by

These people collected specimens of this species in the field, helping build the physical record of where and when it has occurred.

• Haneesh K M — 12 specimens collected
• Angelo Andrianiaina — 10 specimens collected
• 0000-0002-5087-262X — 5 specimens collected

• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 5 specimens collected
• SONU KUMAR — 2 specimens collected

Identified by

These people examined specimens and determined their taxonomic identity—an essential step in turning a collected specimen into a useful biodiversity record.

• 태우 김 — 22 specimens identified
• Angelo Andrianiaina — 10 specimens identified
• Haneesh K M — 7 specimens identified

• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 4 specimens identified
• Thilina Hettiarachchi — 3 specimens identified