Podisma is a genus of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae and the subfamily Melanoplinae.

Podisma
Podisma pedestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Podismini
Genus: Podisma
Berthold, 1827[1]
Synonyms

Podisme Karny, 1907

Distribution

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Grasshopper species in this genus are recorded mainland Europe (including Norway, but not the British Isles), the eastern Palearctic realm through to temperate, east Asia including Japan.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Berthold (1827) Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, aus dem Französischen mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen 411.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 7 June 2021)