Italohippus

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Italohippus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Italohippus
Fontana & La Greca, 1999
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Italohippus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae (unassigned to any tribe); it was erected by Fontana and La Greca in 1999. [1] To date (2022) species have only been recorded from Italy. [2]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [2] lists:

  1. Italohippus albicornis (La Greca, 1948) - type species (as Chorthippus albicornisLa Greca)
  2. Italohippus modestus (Ebner, 1915)
  3. Italohippus monticola (Ebner, 1915)

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