Sphingonotus caerulans

Sphingonotus caerulans is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Oedipodinae.The northern limit is northern France, eastern Sweden and southern Finland. In Central and Northern Europe the species is restricted to low-vegetation special habitats, in which the soil remains free of vegetation through constant rearrangement (pioneer species of open habitats).it is very common especially in rocky heaths in the Mediterranean area.[2][3]

Sphingonotus caerulans
Sphingonotus caerulans Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Sphingonotus
Species:
S. caerulans
Binomial name
Sphingonotus caerulans
(Linnaeus, 1767)[1]

References

  1. Linnaeus C. 1767. Systema naturae per regnae tria naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata 1(2): 533–1327. Holmiae.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos HeuschreckenfĂĽhrer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8
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