''Gomphoceridius''
[Bolívar I (1914) ''Estudios entomológicos, Segunda parte, Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.))'' 20: 110 pp.] is a monotypic genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshop ...
containing the species ''Gomphoceridius brevipennis''
[Brisout de Barneville (1858), ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' 2 (6).] and placed in the subfamily
Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.
Tribes and genera
Tribes and genera include:
Arcypterini
Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...
,
[Jago N (1971) A review of the Gomphocerinae of the world with a key to the genera (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia'' 123: 205-343.] tribe
Gomphocerini
Gomphocerini is a tribe of grasshoppers of the family Acrididae.
Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following:
# '' Aeropedellus'' Hebard, 1935
# '' Bruneria'' McNeill, 1897 .
The species is found in western, mainland Europe, with a notable populations in the
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
.
[Herrera (1982) ''Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain, Series Entomologica'' 22: 1-162.]
References
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Acrididae genera
Orthoptera of Europe
Gomphocerinae
Monotypic Orthoptera genera