{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{short description|Species of grasshopper}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Dissosteira | species = longipennis | status = G5 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.110849/Dissosteira_longipennis|website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> | authority = (Thomas, 1872) | display_parents = 2 }}
'''''Dissosteira longipennis''''', the '''high plains locust''', is a species of [[band-winged grasshopper]] in the family [[Acrididae]].<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=xcit3/> During the 1930s, it formed enormous swarms and caused significant damage to crops in the western United States,<ref name=swept/> but it is now very rare and has not swarmed since. However rare, the species is still [[extant taxon|extant]],<ref name=uncommon/> unlike the [[Rocky Mountain locust]], the only other species of [[locust]] found in North America.
==References==
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<ref name=swept> {{cite web |url= https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-lost-locust/ |title= The Long-Lost Locust |last= Wills |first= Matthew |date= June 14, 2018 |website= JSTOR Daily |access-date= October 5, 2020 |quote="...the High Plains locust (''Dissosteira longipennis''), which swept through the early 1930s..." }}</ref>
<ref name=uncommon> {{cite web |url= https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-lost-locust/ |title= The Long-Lost Locust |last= Wills |first= Matthew |date= June 14, 2018 |website= JSTOR Daily |access-date= October 5, 2020 |quote="The High Plains locust still exists, but it’s uncommon, just another innocent-looking grasshopper munching away on plants." }}</ref>
<ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Dissosteira longipennis'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102210 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=May 5, 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Dissosteira longipennis'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/fe1f86eb656bff131652608069db05cf | website=Catalogue of Life | accessdate=May 5, 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Dissosteira longipennis'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1712347 | website=GBIF | accessdate=May 5, 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Dissosteira longipennis'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/356523 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=May 5, 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=xcit3> {{Cite web | accessdate = May 5, 2018 | last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel | last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta | last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger | last4 = Eades | first4 = David C. | title = Orthoptera Species File Online | url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/ }}</ref>
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