Pezotettix giornae

Pezotettix giornae is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the subfamily Pezotettiginae (similar to and previously placed in the Catantopinae[2]).

Pezotettix giornae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pezotettiginae
Genus: Pezotettix
Species:
P. giornae
Binomial name
Pezotettix giornae
Rossi, 1794
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Gryllus giornae Rossi, 1794
  • Pezotettix communis (Costa Lima, 1836)
  • Pezotettix giornai Jacobson, G. G., 1905
  • Pezotettix rufipes (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
  • Pezotettix rufitarsis Navas, 1909
  • Platyphyma rufipe Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
  • Podisma communis Costa, O.G., 1836

Distribution

This very little grasshopper is present in Southern Europe (and parts of Central Europe), North Africa and in the Near East.[3]

Habitat
''Pezotettix giornae, mating couple

This species inhabits meadows of lowlands, forest edges, xerotherm areas of plains and southern slopes of stony mountains.[4]

Description

The adult males grow up to 11–14 millimetres (0.43–0.55 in) long, while the females reach 12–18 millimetres (0.47–0.71 in) of length.[5] The basic coloration of the body varies from light brown to greyish. The eyes are relatively large and the sides of thorax sometimes show a white or darker longitudinal stripe. The wings are scaly, oval, very short, reaching only the middle of the second rear segment, so they are unable to fly and resemble nymphs (brachyptery). Nymphs are usually green in the early stages.[5]

Biology

This immature stages of this species develop in summer, passing through six instars.[5] Adults can be encountered from June through November in the Mediterranean.[5] They mate in autumn and in winter and often overwinter as adults. In this case they can be found by March.[6]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. Fauna europaea
  4. Nagy, A., Kisfali, Szövényi, Puskás & Rácz. 2010. Distribution of Catantopinae speciexs in Hungary Articulata 25(2):229
  5. Orthoptera.de
  6. Bounechada, Doumandji & Çiplak. 2006. Bioecology of the Orthoptera species in North-East Algeria Turkish Journal of Zoology 30:245-253
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