The taxonomic position of the desert locust t

Classification		Characterictics
Phylum	Arthropoda	Bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, metameric segmentation, segments fused to form head, thorax and abdomen, jointed appendages, chitinous exoskeleton, respiration by gills or trachea, striated muscles for rapid movements, specialized alimentary canal, metamorphosis present.
Class	Insecta	Bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, metameric segmentation, segments fused to form head, thorax and abdomen, three pairs of articulated legs, chitinous exoskeleton.
Sub-classs	Orthopteroidea	Hind wings at rest folded at the level of the longitudinal ridge, grinding buccal parts, hind legs for jumping.
Order	Orthoptera	Short antennae, ovipositor with short valves.
Sub-order	Acridoidea	Spines on the hind tibiae, non-vaulted pronotum, ovipositor present, pronotum not greatly prolonged to the rear.
Family	Acrididae	Fastigial groove absent
Sub-family	Cyrtacanthacridinae	Mesosternal lobes rectangular, prosternal process or collar present.
Genus	Schistocerca	Sub-genital plate of the male strongly bilobed, cerci broad, compressed into the form of a lamella with the apical margin slightly truncated and excised, Elytra pigmented with many small dark spots, form and furrows of the pronotum.Eye stripes present (generally 6 or 7 but occasionally 5 to 8), hind wings hyaline in case of fledgelings but yellow appears gradually becoming bright yellow when sexually mature.