Gomphocerus

Gomphocerus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers (Caelifera: Acrididae) in the tribe Gomphocerini.[2] Species can be found in Europe and Asia, with one species in South America (Gomphocerus semicolor).[3]

Gomphocerus
Gomphocerus sibiricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Gomphocerini
Genus: Gomphocerus
Thunberg, 1815

Species

Gomphocerus includes the following species:[2][3]

  • Gomphocerus armeniacus Uvarov, 1931
  • Gomphocerus dispar Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
  • Gomphocerus evanescens Stål, 1861
  • Gomphocerus kudia Caudell, 1928
  • Gomphocerus licenti Chang, 1939
  • Gomphocerus plebejus Stål, 1861
  • Gomphocerus semicolor Burmeister, 1838
  • Gomphocerus sibiricus Linnaeus, 1767 - type species (as Gryllus sibiricus L. = Gomphocerus sibiricus sibiricus)
  • Gomphocerus transcaucasicus Mistshenko, 1951
  • Illustrations from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
  • Gomphocerus sibiricus female
  • Gomphocerus sibiricus male

References
  1. Thunberg CP (1815) Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg 5: 221.
  2. 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. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 6 April 2018)
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