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Oedipoda miniata

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Oedipoda miniata
Oedipoda miniata in Lesbos, Greece
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Oedipodini
Genus: Oedipoda
Species:
O. miniata
Binomial name
Oedipoda miniata
(Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms[1]

Gryllus miniatus Pallas, 1771

For O. m. miniata:

  • Oedipoda gratiosa Serville, 1838
  • Oedipoda perurbana Steinmann, 1965
  • Oedipoda miniata salina Jacobson, 1905

Oedipoda miniata, sometimes known as the red-winged grasshopper[citation needed] (although the name is also used for O. germanica),[2] is a grasshopper species in the subfamily Oedipodinae found in Southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle-East.[3][1][4]

It was originally described in 1771 as Gryllus miniatus.[5] It is in the Oedipoda caerulescens species group.[1]

Subspecies

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Orthoptera Species File and the Catalogue of Life list three subspecies:[1][6]

  • Oedipoda miniata miniata (Pallas, 1771)
  • Oedipoda miniata atripes Bei-Bienko, 1951
  • Oedipoda miniata mauritanica Lucas, H., 1849

References

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  1. ^ a b c d species Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771) Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 4 December 2018)
  2. ^ subspecies Oedipoda germanica germanica (Latreille, 1804) Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 4 December 2018
  3. ^ Usmani (2008) Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya. Zootaxa 1946:1-41
  4. ^ Occurrences of Oedipoda miniata on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) website
  5. ^ Pallas PS (1771) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches 1:467
  6. ^ 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 3 December 2018.