Large marsh grasshopper
In Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Stethophyma
Species:
S. grossum
Binomial name
Stethophyma grossum
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
List
    • Acridium grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Acrydium rubripes' De Geer, 1773
    • Euryphymus rubripes (De Geer, 1773)
    • Gryllus flavipes Gmelin, 1790
    • Gryllus germanicus Stoll, C., 1813
    • Gryllus grossum Linnaeus, 1758
    • Mecostethus grossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Oedipoda grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Stethophyma flavipes (Gmelin, 1788)
    • Stethophyma germanicus (Stoll, C., 1813)
    • Stethophyma rubripes (De Geer, 1773)

The large marsh grasshopper[2] (Stethophyma grossum) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae.[3]

Distribution and habitat

S. grossum is found throughout Europe, with a few records from western Asia. In the British Isles it is restricted to the New Forest, Dorset, and Somerset Wells and Ireland. It is the largest species of grasshopper to be found in the British Isles.

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. ^ a b 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. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 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
Categories