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Schistocerca cancellata
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Schistocerca |
| Species | cancellata |
| Common Name | South American locust |
| Description | This genome project is a joint effort between the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (https://behavioralplasticity.org) and the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest). Schistocerca cancellata is a species of locust in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.[1] It is the major swarming species in subtropical South America. This species shows typical locust phase polymorphism. Solitarious nymphs are green, but gregarious ones are yellow with a black pattern. There are morphological differences between solitarious and gregarious adults. For many years the two phases were believed to be different species and the gregarious form was mistakenly identified as S. paranensis. The solitary phase is found in South America between 18°S and 35°S. Plagues originate in a desert and semi-desert zona permanente in NW Argentina, SE Bolivia and W Paraguay, when good rains allow successful breeding, followed by gregarisation. Swarms of gregarious adults may then migrate into crop growing regions.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistocerca_cancellata). This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. |
| Publication | Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7). |
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| Image Credit | Schistocerca_cancellata.jpg by Evaldo Resende, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
