Gomphoceridius Explained

Gomphoceridius[1] is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers containing the species Gomphoceridius brevipennis[2] and placed in the subfamily Gomphocerinae,[3] tribe Gomphocerini.

The species is found in western, mainland Europe, with a notable populations in the Pyrenees.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Brisout de Barneville (1858), Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 2 (6).
  3. 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.
  4. Defaut (1999) Synopsis des orthoptères de France, Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 2:87
  5. Herrera (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain, Series Entomologica 22: 1-162.

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