Cuban bird grasshopper (Schistocerca serialis)

Schistocerca serialis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Schistocerca
Scientific name
Schistocerca serialis (Thunberg, 1815)
Geography
Native countries:
Jamaica Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Anguilla Bahamas Haiti Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Dominican Republic United States United States Virgin Islands

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Taxonomy

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

Subspecies for this species

• Schistocerca serialis serialis (Thunberg, 1815)
• Schistocerca serialis cubense (Saussure, 1861)

Associated organizations

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Focus keywords	Geographic purview
Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute	BPRI	View	Other	Research, Education	Phenotypic plasticity, Phase polyphenism	United States, Mexico

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.

• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 2 specimens collected
• Delano Lewis — 1 specimen collected
• Kyle Dettloff — 1 specimen collected

• Carrie Seltzer — 1 specimen collected
• Guenther Eichhorn — 1 specimen 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.

• Kyle Dettloff — 10 specimens identified