Large marsh grasshopper

Large marsh grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Genus:Stethophyma
Species: S. grossum
Binomial name
Stethophyma grossum
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Range: see GBIF
Synonyms

The large marsh grasshopper,[2] Stethophyma grossum,[3] is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Oedipodinae.

Distribution and habitat

S. grossum is found throughout Europe, with a few records from western Asia. In the British Isles it is restricted to southern localities in England (notably the New Forest) and Ireland.

The habitat is typically wet meadow and marsh throughout its range.[4] In southern England, the species is most often found in "quaking" sphagnum moss bogs.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata.Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
  2. 1 2 Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
  3. ↑ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8
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