Chorthippus vagans
| Chorthippus vagans | |
|---|---|
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| Chorthippus vagans male Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Chorthippus |
| Species: | C. vagans |
| Binomial name | |
| Chorthippus vagans | |
Chorthippus vagans, the steppe grasshopper, is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.It is found across the Palearctic through Russia and Kazakhstan, east to Siberia. Europe is populated to the north as far as Denmark . In Central Europe they are found at altitudes between 100 and 900, usually 300 to 600 meters, in the French Calcareous Alps, the species is found on Mont Ventoux up to an altitude of 1900 meters. The steppe grasshopper lives in warm and dry habitats with sparse, low vegetation.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Eversmann. 1848. Additamenta quaedam levia ad Fischeri de Waldheim Orthoptera Rossica 12
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8
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