The Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (migratory bird locusts).

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Taxonomy

*Anacridium aegyptium*
Anacridium aegyptium
Other common names
	Egyptian grasshopper, Egyptian bird grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Anacridium
Scientific name
	Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764)
Geography
Native countries:
	Morocco; Pakistan; Tunisia; Iran; Spain; Turkey; France; Greece; Algeria; Egypt; Portugal; Saudi Arabia; Ukraine; Cyprus;
Introduced countries:
	United Kingdom; United States;
Pest status
	Known pest
Sound
	; Listen to this species on xeno-canto

Identification

Identification resources

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAnacridium aegyptium

Activity

Diurnal

Flight

Strong flier

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Rearing and Breeding Locusts in the Laboratory ALRC	Anti-Locust Research Centre,Philip Hunter-Jones	1966		View URL
IUCN European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets		2016		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Tiago Carrapiço — 41 specimens collected
Khadija El bouchikhi — 37 specimens collected
Sebastian Ćato — 34 specimens collected

Andre Hospers — 25 specimens collected
Duarte Frade — 23 specimens collected
Katja Schulz — 17 specimens collected
Luis Pascoal da Silva — 17 specimens collected
Jofre Espigulé-Pons — 16 specimens collected
Louis AUREGLIA — 15 specimens collected
Jakob Fahr — 14 specimens collected
Juraj Ahel — 12 specimens collected
Сергей Свирин — 12 specimens collected
Luis Moreira da Costa — 11 specimens collected
Miguel Guerreiro — 11 specimens collected
HADDAD Karim — 11 specimens collected
Mattia Menchetti — 10 specimens collected
Valentin Moser — 10 specimens collected
Vyacheslav Yusupov — 9 specimens collected
Elia Guariento — 9 specimens collected
Laurent Grima — 8 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Sebastian Ćato — 114 specimens identified
Josip Skejo — 47 specimens identified
Tiago Carrapiço — 43 specimens identified

Luis Pascoal da Silva — 23 specimens identified
Andre Hospers — 20 specimens identified
Mattia Menchetti — 19 specimens identified
Khadija El bouchikhi — 19 specimens identified
Duarte Frade — 18 specimens identified
Elia Guariento — 17 specimens identified
Katja Schulz — 16 specimens identified
Jofre Espigulé-Pons — 15 specimens identified
Louis AUREGLIA — 14 specimens identified
Jakob Fahr — 13 specimens identified
Miguel Guerreiro — 11 specimens identified
태우 김 — 11 specimens identified
Сергей Свирин — 11 specimens identified
Rafel Matamales Andreu — 10 specimens identified
Vyacheslav Yusupov — 9 specimens identified
Alexey Katz — 9 specimens identified
Laurent Grima — 8 specimens identified

References