Gomphocerus Group

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range

Grasshopper identification please - Chorthippus curtipennis - male

grasshopper - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

Grasshopper 701 - Chorthippus curtipennis - male

Grasshopper 811 - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

grasshopper in alpine zone on Mount Washington, NH, 5500 feet - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)

No Taxon Gomphocerus Group

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

equivalent to tribe Gomphocerini Fieber 1853

tribe Chorthippini Shumakov 1963 may be equivalent, or may include genera that should be separated as a distinct tribe from Gomphocerini (in which case our two genera would be in separate tribes).

tribe Gomphoceri Fieber, 1853. Based on genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815

tribe Gomphocerini (Fieber) Jacobson, 1905

tribe Chorthippini Shumakov, 1963. Based on genus Chorthippus Fieber, 1852

?tribe Arcypterini Shumakov, 1963. Based on genus Arcyptera Serville, 1838

tribe Stenobothrini Harz, 1975. Based on genus Stenobothrus Fischer, 1853

subtribe Omocestina Petit, 2005 (of tribe Gomphocerini). Based on genus Omocestus Petit, 2005

probably there are others

Numbers

Only two genera enter North America - Chorthippus and Aeropedelus

Identification

Simlar to the Chrysochraon group in many traits, but usually richer in coloring with stronger, "smoother" patterning. Somewhat smaller in size, with face less slanting; faveolae visible from above; antennae slender or clubbed (in adults); hind femura slender, with hind femura and tibiae usually basically without pattern and roughly matching body coloration (sometimes reddish). Wings usually relatively short and rarely, if ever surpassing hind femora (knees) in our species, though males can still sometimes fly. Species of cool grassy habitats.

Range

The group is Eurasian, with only a few species in two genera occuring in North America.

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 7 August, 2009 - 6:50pm
Last updated 10 December, 2011 - 5:31pm

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