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Chorthippus Savalanicus
''Chorthippus'' is a large genus of Gomphocerini, gomphocerine grasshoppers with around 230 described species mostly found in the Palaearctic realm. It was erected by Franz Xaver Fieber, Franz Fieber in 1852. The genus has been subdivided into subgenera including: ''Altichorthippus'', ''Chorthippus'' and ''Glyptobothrus'', with other species not placed. It contains a number of morphologically very similar cryptic species: listed as superspecies or species groups, for example the ''Chorthippus biguttulus'' group which contains the Chorthippus brunneus, common field grasshopper; in mainland Eurasia the various species are most easily distinguished by their song patterns.Bukhvalova MA (1993) The song and morphological characters of some grasshoppers of the ''Chorthippus biguttulus'' group (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Russia and adjacent territories. ''Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal'', 72(5), 55–65. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes: # ''Chorthippus abchasicus'' Ramme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorthippus Albomarginatus
''Chorthippus albomarginatus'', the lesser marsh grasshopper, is a common grasshopper of European grassland both damp-marshy and (despite its name) dry, including salt marsh, salt-marsh and coastal habitats. Distribution The range of the lesser marsh grasshopper extends from Finland and southern Scandinavia in the north to Spain and Italy in the south. It was once present only in the southern parts of the UK but has been expanding its range northwards. Physical appearance Females grow to approximately and are larger than males that grow to approximately . The female almost always has a longitudinal white stripe on the wing whereas the male rarely does. The region behind the head is referred to as the "pronotal side-keels" and the bars are approximately parallel in this species. Although quite similar, it can be distinguished from the meadow grasshopper ''Chorthippus parallelus'', which also has straight pronotal side-keels, by a number of characteristics. These include its a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
