Calliptamus barbarus

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Calliptamus barbarus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Calliptaminae
Genus: Calliptamus
Species:
C. barbarus
Binomial name
Calliptamus barbarus
(Costa, 1836)
Close-Up of a Calliptamus barbarus

Calliptamus barbarus is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2]

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Subspecies

These subspecies belong to the species Calliptamus barbarus:

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References

  1. "Calliptamus barbarus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "species Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.