Dociostaurus maroccanus

Dociostaurus maroccanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Tribe:	Dociostaurini
Genus:	Dociostaurus
Species:	D. maroccanus
Binomial name
Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg, 1815)
Synonyms [1]
D. maroccanus degeneratus Baranov, 1925 D. maroccanus xanthocnema Tarbinsky 1932 Epacromia oceanica Walker, 1870 Gryllus cruciatus Charpentier, 1825 Gryllus maroccanus Thunberg, 1815 Oedaleus pendulus Steinmann, 1965 Oedipoda vastator Fischer Von Waldheim, 1833 Stauronotus maroccanus (Thunberg, 1815) Stauronotus vastator (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1833)

Dociostaurus maroccanus, commonly known as the Moroccan locust, is a grasshopper in the insect family Acrididae. It is found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe and western Asia. It lives a solitary existence but in some years its numbers increase sharply, and it becomes gregarious and congregates to form swarms which can cause devastation in agricultural areas. The species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.