Chorthippus scalaris

Chorthippus scalaris
Chorthippus scalaris, dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Chorthippus
Species:	C. scalaris
Binomial name
Chorthippus scalaris (Fischer-Waldheim, 1846)
Synonyms
Stauroderus scalaris (Fischer de Waldheim, 1846)

Chorthippus scalaris is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.

This grasshopper is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in eastern Palearctic ecozone.

Chorthippus scalaris, male

The adult males grow up to 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) long, while the females reach 24–27 millimetres (0.94–1.1 in) of length. They can be encountered from July through September especially in high-altitude meadows and pastures.

The basic coloration of the body varies from pale green to yellow, with dark-brownish wings and tegmina. Femora of hind legs vary from yellow to reddish. In the males median and ulnar wing cells are quite large, with parallel veins.

Subspecies

• Chorthippus scalaris var. demavendi Popov, G.B., 1951
• Chorthippus scalaris var. scalaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
• Chorthippus scalaris var. znojkoi (Miram, 1938)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Biolib
• Orthoptera Species
• Linnea