Aiolopus thalassinus
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| Aiolopus thalassinus | |
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| File:Aiolopus thalassinus.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Tribe: | Epacromiini |
| Genus: | Aiolopus |
| Species: | A. thalassinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781)
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| File:Ailopus thalassinus subspecies Range Map.png | |
| Red - A. t. corsicus; Yellow - A. t. thalassinus; Pink - A. t. tamulus; Blue - A. t.; Green - A. t. rodericensis | |
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Aiolopus thalassinus[1] is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae. It is present in many countries of Europe (but not the British Isles), and in the Afrotropical realm to Asia and the Pacific islands.
The colouration of this species is generally from clear brown to dark brown. Females have a size of 21–29 mm and males of 15–19 mm.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]
- Aiolopus thalassinus corsicus Defaut & Jaulin, 2008 (Corsica)
- Aiolopus thalassinus dubius Willemse (Pacific islands, Australia)
- Aiolopus thalassinus rodericensis (Butler, 1876) (Madagascar, La Réunion, Aldabra, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Comoros)
- Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) (India, Indo-China, China, Korea, Malesia)
- Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781) (Europe, Africa, central and southern Asia)
Gallery
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Aiolopus thalassinus feeding on grass.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Fabricius JC (1781) Species Insectorum 1:367.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (2 December 2018)
External links
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