Gomphoceridius

Gomphoceridius[2] is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers containing the species Gomphoceridius brevipennis[1] and placed in the subfamily Gomphocerinae,[3] tribe Gomphocerini.

Gomphoceridius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Gomphoceridius
Bolívar, 1914
Species:
G. brevipennis
Binomial name
Gomphoceridius brevipennis
(Brisout de Barneville, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Acridium brevipennis Brisout de Barneville, 1858[1]
  • Chorthippus brevipennis (Brisout de Barneville, 1858)
  • Gomphocerus brevipennis (Brisout de Barneville, 1858)
  • Gomphocerippus brevipennis (Brisout de Barneville, 1858)

The species is found in western, mainland Europe, with a notable populations in the Pyrenees.[4][5]

References
  1. Brisout de Barneville (1858) , Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 2 (6).
  2. Bolívar I (1914) Estudios entomológicos, Segunda parte, Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 20: 110 pp.
  3. Jago N (1971) A review of the Gomphocerinae of the world with a key to the genera (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 123: 205-343.
  4. Defaut (1999) Synopsis des orthoptères de France, Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 2:87
  5. Herrera (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain, Series Entomologica 22: 1-162.
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