Sphingonotus caerulans
Sphingonotus caerulans Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Sphingonotus
Species:
S. caerulans
Binomial name
Sphingonotus caerulans
(Linnaeus, 1767)[1]

Sphingonotus caerulans is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Oedipodinae.The northern limit is northern France, eastern Sweden and southern Finland. In Central and Northern Europe the species is restricted to low-vegetation special habitats, in which the soil remains free of vegetation through constant rearrangement (pioneer species of open habitats). It is very common in the Mediterranean area, especially in rocky heaths.[2][3]

References

  1. Linnaeus C. 1767. Systema naturae per regnae tria naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata 1(2): 533–1327. Holmiae.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8
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