Pseudochorthippus

Pseudochorthippus
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

Species

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Pseudochorthippus includes the species:[3]

  1. Pseudochorthippus geminus (Mistshenko, 1951)
  • Species in Pseudochorthippus supersp. parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821):
  1. Pseudochorthippus curtipennis (Harris, 1835): N. America
  2. Pseudochorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825): mainland Europe: the 'water-meadow grasshopper'
  3. Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821)type species (as Gryllus parallelus Zetterstedt = P. parallelus parallelus): the European 'meadow grasshopper'
  4. Pseudochorthippus tatrae (Harz, 1971): eastern Europe

References

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  1. ^ Defaut (2012) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 17: 19, 20.
  2. ^ Defaut (2018) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 23: 81
  3. ^ a b c Orthoptera Species File: Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 (retrieved 27 August 2024)
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