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==Subspecies of ''Locusta migratoria''== [[File:Locusta m. migratorioides female.jpg|thumb|''L. m. migratorioides'' female (solitary)]] [[File:Locusta migratoria migratorioides male.jpg|thumb|''L. m. migratorioides'' male (solitary)]] ''L. migratoria'' is found over a vast geographic area, and its range covers many different ecological zones. Because of this, numerous subspecies have been described; however, not all experts agree on the validity of some of these subspecies.<ref name="Chapuis">{{cite journal|last1=Chapuis|first1=M-P.|last2=Lecoq|first2=M.|last3=Michalakis|first3=Y.|last4=Loiseau|first4=A.|author-link4=Annick Loiseau|last5=Sword|first5=G. A.|last6=Piry|first6=S.|last7=Estoup|first7=A.|date=1 August 2008|title=Do outbreaks affect genetic population structure? A worldwide survey in a pest plagued by microsatellite null alleles|journal=Molecular Ecology|volume=17|issue=16|pages=3640–3653|doi=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03869.x|pmid=18643881|s2cid=4185861}}</ref> * ''[[Locusta migratoria burmana|L. m. burmana]]'' <small>Ramme, 1951</small> * ''[[Locusta migratoria capito|L. m. capito]]'' <small>Saussure, 1884</small> (Malagasy migratory locust: Madagascar) * ''[[Locusta migratoria cinerascens|L. m. cinerascens]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1781</small> (Italy, Spain) * ''[[Locusta migratoria migratoria|L. m. migratoria]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758) </small> (europe) * ''[[Locusta migratoria manilensis]]'' <small>(Meyen, 1875)</small> * ''[[Locusta migratoria migratorioides|L. m. migratorioides]]'' <small>(Fairmaire & L.J. Reiche, 1849)</small> (African migratory locust: Africa and Atlantic islands) * ''[[Locusta migratoria tibetensis|L. m. tibetensis]]'' <small>Chen, Yonglin, 1963</small> * ''L. m. danica'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> = ''L. m. migratoria'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''L. m. gallica'' <small>Remaudičre, 1947</small> = ''L. m. migratoria'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''L. m. solitaria'' <small>Carthy, 1955</small> = ''L. m. migratoria'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
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