Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae

Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764)

Ubiquitous species mostly found where dense, tall vegetation flourishes, including gardens and orchards.

Distribution. Widespread within the Mediterranean and other parts of the Palaearctic, as also in the Middle Eastern region. It is also present in the Afrotropical region, where it appears to have a patchy distribution. The species was accidentally introduced into South America.

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Forskål, 1775)

A noted ‘migrant’. Occurs sporadically during swarming episodes across northern Africa, often reaching Maltese shores in significant numbers (Borg 1939; Cassar 1990b), but also occurs singly.

Distribution. Typically widespread in Africa while in the solitary phase. Its range can be highly variable, particularly during swarming episodes, when gregarious phase incursions have been known to extend across the Afrotropical region as well as into the Palaearctic, Middle Eastern and Oriental regions.