Pseudochorthippus Explained

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

Pseudochorthippus includes the species:[3]

  1. Pseudochorthippus geminus
  1. Pseudochorthippus curtipennis : N. America
  2. Pseudochorthippus montanus : mainland Europe: the 'water-meadow grasshopper'
  3. Pseudochorthippus parallelus – type species (as Gryllus parallelus Zetterstedt = P. parallelus parallelus): the European 'meadow grasshopper'
  4. Pseudochorthippus tatrae : eastern Europe

Notes and References

  1. Defaut (2012) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 17: 19, 20.
  2. Defaut (2018) Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 23: 81
  3. https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/812989/overview Orthoptera Species File: Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 (retrieved 27 August 2024)

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