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Dissosteira longipennis
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Tribe:	Trimerotropini
Genus:	Dissosteira
Species:	D. longipennis
Binomial name
Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas, 1872)

Dissosteira longipennis, the high plains locust, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. During the 1930s, it formed enormous swarms and caused significant damage to crops in the western United States, but it is now very rare and has not swarmed since. However rare, the species is still extant, unlike the Rocky Mountain locust, the only other species of locust found in North America.

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
2. ^ "Dissosteira longipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
3. "Dissosteira longipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
4. "Dissosteira longipennis". GBIF. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
5. "Dissosteira longipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
6. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved May 5, 2018.
7. Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020. ...the High Plains locust (Dissosteira longipennis), which swept through the early 1930s...
8. Wills, Matthew (June 14, 2018). "The Long-Lost Locust". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2020. The High Plains locust still exists, but it's uncommon, just another innocent-looking grasshopper munching away on plants.

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