Chorthippus | |
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Chorthippus albomarginatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
Tribe: | Gomphocerini |
Genus: | Chorthippus Fieber, 1852 |
Subgenera | |
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Diversity | |
about 230 species |
Chorthippus is a large genus of acridid grasshoppers with around 230 described species. The genus may be subdivided into subgenera including: Altichorthippus, Chorthippus and Glyptobothrus, with other species not placed.[1]