Xiphidion longipenne (de Haan)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Orthoptera And Related Orders Orthoptera And Related Orders Of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 3-8 : 4-5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5160233
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5158982
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scientific name	Xiphidion longipenne (de Haan)
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6. Xiphidion longipenne (de Haan) .

Locusta (Xiphidium) longipennis de Haan, Temninck, Verh. Orth., 188, 1842.

Xiphidion longipenne, Karny, Philippine Jour. Sci. 18: 608, 1921.

Piti, April 30, ex grass, Usinger ; Inarajan, May 14, on rice, Usinger ; Agana, May 25, Usinger ; Yigo, Nov. 8, on corn, Swezey .

This species is distributed from India and Ceylon to China. and the Philippines. It was common in Guam, being somewhat of a rice pest, feeding on the rice kernels in the heads before they were ripe.