Euthystira brachyptera

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Euthystira brachyptera
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Female of Euthystira brachyptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Euthystira
Species:
E. brachyptera
Binomial name
Euthystira brachyptera
(Ocskay, 1826)
Synonyms [1]
  • Euthystira abbreviatum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
  • Euthystira longicrus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira ocskayi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira smaragdulum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
  • Euthystira chrysoberyllus (Fruhstorfer, 1921)
  • Euthystira homoptera (Eversmann, 1848)
  • Euthystira leucoptera (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira ocskayi (Fieber, 1853)
  • Euthystira subcaerulea (Puschnig, 1910)

Euthystira brachyptera, the small gold grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae.

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Subspecies

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Description

Euthystira brachyptera can reach a length of 13–26 millimetres (0.51–1.02 in) with females tending to be larger. The body color is shiny yellow-green. The wings of the males reach the center of the abdomen, while the wings of the females are very small and often pink or purple. [3] This species could be confused with Euchorthippus declivus and Chrysochraon dispar . It can be distinguished by means of the sharper top of head and the proportionally smaller eyes. Adults can be found from July to September. [4] [5] [6]

Close-Up of a Euthystira brachyptera

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East. [7] It prefers mountain and subalpine meadows with tall grasses, heaths with rough vegetation and woodland clearings. It is quite common in calcareous grasslands with Brachypodium pinnatum . [8] [5]

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