Capraiuscola Explained
Capraiuscola is a monotypic genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Podismini and subtribe Miramellina, erected by A. Galvagni in 1986.[1] The recorded distribution for this grasshopper (possibly incomplete) is in eastern Europe: from Romania up to Poland.
Subspecies
The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes the single species Capraiuscola ebneri (Galvagni, 1953) and lists the subspecies:
- Capraiuscola ebneri carpathica (Cejchan, 1958)
- Capraiuscola ebneri ebneri (Galvagni, 1953), the "Eastern Mountain Grasshopper",[2] is the type species (originally as Miramella ebneri Galvagni[3]): originally found in Bolboci-Sinaia, Romania.
Notes and References
- Galvagni A (1986) La situazione del genere Miramella Donvnar-Zapolskij, 1933 nelle Regioni Balcanica e Carpatica (Insecta: Caelifera: Catantopidae). Studi Trentini de Scienze Naturali Acta Biologica (Ser. B) 62: 36 [1985].
- http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1110983 Orthoptera Species File: genus Capraiuscola Galvagni, 1986 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
- Galvagni A (1953) Due nuove specie ed una nuova sottospecie del genere Miramella Dovnar-Zapolskij (Orthoptera: Catantopidae). Studi trentini, Trento 30: 21.