''Calliptamus plebeius'' is a species of
short-horned grasshopper
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known be ...
in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
. It is found in southern Europe and northern Africa.
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The IUCN conservation status of ''Calliptamus plebeius'' is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was assessed in 2016.][
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Subspecies
These subspecies belong to the species ''Calliptamus plebeius'':
* ''Calliptamus plebeius bifasciata'' Krauss, 1892
* ''Calliptamus plebeius plebeius'' (Walker, 1870) (Canarian Pincer Grasshopper)
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Acrididae
Insects described in 1870
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