Chorthippus

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Chorthippus
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Gomphocerini
Genus: Chorthippus
Fieber, 1852
Subgenera
  • Altichorthippus Jago, 1971
  • Chorthippus Fieber, 1852
  • Glyptobothrus Chopard, 1951
Diversity
about 230 species
Chorthippus mollus, Germany
Chorthippus jucundus, Spain
Chorthippus vagans, Germany
Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus yersini, Yersin's grasshopper, Portugal

Chorthippus is a large genus of gomphocerine grasshoppers with around 230 described species mostly found in the Palaearctic realm.[1] It was erected by Franz Fieber in 1852.[2]

The genus has been subdivided into subgenera including: Altichorthippus, Chorthippus and Glyptobothrus, with other species not placed.[1] It contains a number of morphologically very similar cryptic species: listed as superspecies or species groups, for example the Chorthippus biguttulus group which contains the common field grasshopper; in mainland Eurasia the various species are most easily distinguished by their song patterns.[3]

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