Euthystira brachyptera

Euthystira brachyptera, the Small Gold Grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae.

Euthystira brachyptera
Female of Euthystira brachyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Acrididae
Subfamily:
Gomphocerinae
Tribe:
Chrysochraontini
Genus:
Euthystira
Species:
E. brachyptera
Binomial name
Euthystira brachyptera
(Ocskay, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Euthystira abbreviatum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
  • Euthystira longicrus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira ocskayi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira smaragdulum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
  • Euthystira chrysoberyllus (Fruhstorfer, 1921)
  • Euthystira homoptera (Eversmann, 1848)
  • Euthystira leucoptera (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Euthystira ocskayi (Fieber, 1853)
  • Euthystira subcaerulea (Puschnig, 1910)

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Subspecies
  • Euthystira brachyptera brachyptera (Ocskay, 1826)
  • Euthystira brachyptera intermedia (Bolivar, I., 1897)

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Description

Euthystira brachyptera can reach a length of 13–26 millimetres (0.51–1.02 in). The body color is shiny yellow-green. The wings of the males reach the center of the abdomen, while the wings of the females are very small and usually purplish. This species could be confused with Euchorthippus declivus and Chrysochraon dispar. It can be distinguished by means of the sharper top of head and the proportionally smaller eyes. Adults can be found from July to September.[3][4][5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East.[6] It prefers mountain and subalpine meadows with tall grasses, heaths with rough vegetation and woodland clearings. It is quite common in calcareous grasslands with Brachypodium pinnatum.[7][4]

References
  1. OSF on line
  2. Biolib
  3. Etibioinformatics
  4. Pyrgus.de
  5. Linnea.it
  6. Fauna Europaea
  7. Jeffrey Lockwood,Alexandre Latchininsky,Mikhail Georgievich Sergeev Grasshoppers and Grassland Health


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