Slender burrowing grasshopper

Slender burrowing grasshopper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Acrotylus
Species: A. patruelis
Binomial name
Acrotylus patruelis
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

The slender burrowing grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis) is a species of bandwing grasshopper found throughout Africa, southern Europe and southwestern Asia. It occurs in many dry open habitats with bare ground, such as savannah, grassland and Mediterranean shrubland.

References

  1. Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Acrotylus patruelis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T15431178A47713900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T15431178A47713900.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.


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