Chorthippus scalaris

Chorthippus scalaris, the large mountain grasshopper, is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.[3]

Chorthippus scalaris
Chorthippus scalaris, male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Acrididae
Genus:
Chorthippus
Species:
C. scalarias
Binomial name
Chorthippus scalaris
Synonyms
  • Stauroderus scalaris (Fischer de Waldheim, 1846)[2]

Subspecies
  • Chorthippus scalaris var. demavendi Popov, G.B., 1951
  • Chorthippus scalaris var. scalaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Chorthippus scalaris var. znojkoi (Miram, 1938) [2]

Description

The adult males grow up to 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) long, while the females reach 24–27 millimetres (0.94–1.06 in) of length.[4] It is the largest species of grasshopper in Europe. The basic coloration of the body varies from pale or bright 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. The adults usually live in colonies and the males emit whirring stridulations to attract females.[4]

These grasshoppers can be encountered from July through September especially in high-altitude alpine meadows and pastures.[4]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, and in the eastern Palearctic realm.[5]

References
  1. Fischer von Waldheim. 1846. Nouv. mem. Soc. Imp. natur. Moscou 8:317
  2. Biolib
  3. Orthoptera Species
  4. Linnea Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Fauna Europaea
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