Locusta

See also: locusta

Translingual

Locusta migratoria

Etymology

From Latin locusta (“locust, grasshopper”).

Proper noun

Locusta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – the locusts.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Orthoptera - order; Caelifera - suborder; Acrididea - infraorder; Acridoidea - superfamily; Acrididae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Locusta migratoria (originally Gryllus migratorius) - type species

Derived terms

• Locustella

Further reading

• Migratory locust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Locusta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Locusta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Locusta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Locusta at AnimalBase
• Locusta at Orthoptera file
• Locusta at Paleobiology Database