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Taxonomy

*Schistocerca lineata*
Schistocerca lineata
Other common names
	Lined bird grasshopper, sand bird grasshopper, pland bird grasshopper, birdwing grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Schistocerca
Scientific name
	Schistocerca lineata Scudder, 1899
Synonyms:	Schistocerca emarginata
Geography
Native countries:
	United States;

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

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
Grasshopper investigations on Montana rangelands	Montana State University,Norman L. Anderson and John C. Wright	1952	View URL
The grasshoppers of Nebraska	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,Mathew L. Brust, Wyatt Hoback and Robert J. Wright	2009	View URL
Montana.gov Orthoptera Field Guides			View URL
Grasshoppers of the Western United States	United States Department of Agriculture		View URL
The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app	APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA	2016

Distribution

Biology

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Habitat and ecology

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Pest status

Management

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
Oklahoma’s Bird Grasshoppers	Tom A. Royer, Alex J. Harman and W. Wyatt Hoback	2020	View URL
Grasshopper investigations on Montana rangelands	Montana State University,Norman L. Anderson and John C. Wright	1952	View URL
The grasshoppers of Nebraska	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,Mathew L. Brust, Wyatt Hoback and Robert J. Wright	2009	View URL
Montana.gov Orthoptera Field Guides			View URL
Grasshoppers of the Western United States	United States Department of Agriculture		View URL
The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app	APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA	2016

Specimen contributors for this species

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Dario Taraborelli — 2 specimens collected
Blake Bringhurst — 2 specimens collected
L. Alan Prather — 1 specimen collected

David Tan — 1 specimen collected
Angelo Andrianiaina — 1 specimen collected
Patrick Coin — 1 specimen collected
Ken Robert Schneider — 1 specimen collected
Jacob Cooper — 1 specimen collected
Austin Kelly — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

Tyler Grant — 15 specimens identified
Blake Bringhurst — 2 specimens identified
L. Alan Prather — 1 specimen identified

Angelo Andrianiaina — 1 specimen identified
Dario Taraborelli — 1 specimen identified
Elliott Gordon — 1 specimen identified
Ken Robert Schneider — 1 specimen identified
Austin Kelly — 1 specimen identified

References