Patanga succincta

Patanga succincta
Illustrations from Indian Insect Life (1909)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Patanga
Species:
P. succincta
Binomial name
Patanga succincta
(Johannson, 1763)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acridium succincta
  • Cyrtacanthacris succincta
  • Gryllus succinctus
  • Nomadacris succincta
  • Orthacanthacris succincta

Patanga succincta, the Bombay locust, is a species of locust found in India and southeast Asia. Usually a solitary insect, only in India has it has exhibited swarming behaviour. The last plague of this locust was in that country between 1901 and 1908 and there have not been any swarms since 1927. It is thought that the behaviour of the insects has altered because of changing practices in agricultural land use.

  1. ^ "Nomadacris succincta (Bombay locust)". UniProt.org. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  2. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 30 December 2018.