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]
Pseudochorthippus | |
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Pseudochorthippus parallelus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
Species edit
Pseudochorthippus includes the species:[3]
- Pseudochorthippus curtipennis (Harris, 1835): N. America
- Pseudochorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825): mainland Europe: the 'water-meadow grasshopper'
- Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) – type species (as Gryllus parallelus Zetterstedt = P. parallelus parallelus): the European 'meadow grasshopper'
- Pseudochorthippus tatrae (Harz, 1971): E. Europe
References edit
External links edit
- Data related to Gomphocerini at Wikispecies