Dissosteira carolina

Dissosteira carolina
	Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Dissosteira
Species:	D. carolina
Binomial name
	Dissosteira carolina; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Acridium carolinum (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Acridium (Oedipoda) carolinum (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Gryllus carolinus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Gryllus (Locusta) carolinus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Locusta carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Oedipoda carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) ;

Dissosteira carolina, the Carolina grasshopper, Carolina locust, black-winged grasshopper, road-duster or quaker, is a band-winged species of grasshopper which ranges widely in North America inhabiting weedy grasslands.

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