Brown locust
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The brown locust (Locustana pardalina)[1] is a medium-sized small locust species in the monotypic genus Locustana.[2][3] It is found in Southern Africa and shows classic gregarious behaviour with phase polymorphism on crowding.[4]
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Brown locust | |
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Brown locust (Locustana pardalina) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
Tribe: | Locustini |
Genus: | Locustana Uvarov, 1921 |
Species: | L. pardalina |
Binomial name | |
Locustana pardalina Walker, 1870 | |
Red: outbreak area; yellow: invasion area | |
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