Pseudochorthippus

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Pseudochorthippus
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Pseudochorthippus parallelus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Gomphocerini
Genus: Pseudochorthippus
Defaut, 2012
Synonyms

"Chorthippus" group parallelus

Pseudochorthippus [1] [2] is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Gomphocerini. [3] Insects including the 'meadow grasshopper' were previously placed in the genus Chorthippus , but are now placed here in species group parallelus(Zetterstedt, 1821). Species have been recorded from Western Europe, throughout temperate Asia and North America. [3]

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Species

Pseudochorthippus includes the species: [3]

  1. Pseudochorthippus geminus (Mistshenko, 1951)
  1. Pseudochorthippus curtipennis (Harris, 1835): N. America
  2. Pseudochorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825): mainland Europe: the 'water-meadow grasshopper'
  3. Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821)type species (as Gryllus parallelus Zetterstedt = P. parallelus parallelus): the European 'meadow grasshopper'
  4. Pseudochorthippus tatrae (Harz, 1971): eastern Europe

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References

  1. Defaut (2012) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 17: 19, 20.
  2. Defaut (2018) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 23: 81
  3. 1 2 3 Orthoptera Species File: Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 (retrieved 27 August 2024)