Chorthippus scalaris
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Chorthippus scalaris is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae
subfamily Gomphocerinae
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This grasshopper is present in most of Europe
, in the Near East
and in eastern Palearctic ecozone.
The adult males grow up to 18–20 mm (0.708661417322835–0.78740157480315 ) long, while the females reach 24–27 mm (0.94488188976378–1.1 ) of length. They can be encountered from July through September especially in high-altitude meadows and pastures.
The basic coloration of the body varies from pale green to yellow, with dark-brownish wings and tegmina. Femora of hind legs vary from yellow to reddish. In the males median and ulnar wing cells are quite large, with parallel veins.
Acrididae
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the...
subfamily Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, commonly called slant-faced grasshoppers.Nineteen tribes are recognised:*Acrolophitini*Amblytropidiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893*Arcypterini Bolivar, 1914*Aulocarini...
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This grasshopper is present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and in eastern Palearctic ecozone.
The adult males grow up to 18–20 mm (0.708661417322835–0.78740157480315 ) long, while the females reach 24–27 mm (0.94488188976378–1.1 ) of length. They can be encountered from July through September especially in high-altitude meadows and pastures.
The basic coloration of the body varies from pale green to yellow, with dark-brownish wings and tegmina. Femora of hind legs vary from yellow to reddish. In the males median and ulnar wing cells are quite large, with parallel veins.
Subspecies
- Chorthippus scalaris var. demavendi Popov, G.B., 1951
- Chorthippus scalaris var. scalaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
- Chorthippus scalaris var. znojkoi (Miram, 1938)