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Aiolopus thalassinus

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Aiolopus thalassinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Epacromiini
Genus: Aiolopus
Species:
A. thalassinus
Binomial name
Aiolopus thalassinus
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Aiolopus acutus Uvarov, 1953
  • Epacromia angustifemur Ghiliani, 1869
  • Gryllus flavovirens Fischer von Waldheim, 1846

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

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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) (Aldabra, Rodrigues, Comoros)
  • Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) (India, Indo-China, China, Korea, Malesia)
  • Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781) (Europe, Africa, central and southern Asia)
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References

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  1. ^ Fabricius JC (1781) Species Insectorum 1:367.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (2 December 2018)
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