Capraiuscola is a monotypic genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Podismini and subtribe Miramellina, erected by A. Galvagni in 1986.[1] The recorded distribution for this grasshopper (possibly incomplete) is in eastern Europe: from Romania up to Poland.[2]

Capraiuscola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Podismini
Genus: Capraiuscola
Galvagni, 1986
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Subspecies

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes the single species Capraiuscola ebneri (Galvagni, 1953)[3] and lists the subspecies:

  1. Capraiuscola ebneri carpathica (Cejchan, 1958)
  2. Capraiuscola ebneri ebneri (Galvagni, 1953), the "Eastern Mountain Grasshopper",[2] is the type species (originally as Miramella ebneri Galvagni[3]): originally found in Bolboci-Sinaia, Romania.

References

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  1. ^ Galvagni A (1986) La situazione del genere Miramella Donvnar-Zapolskij, 1933 nelle Regioni Balcanica e Carpatica (Insecta: Caelifera: Catantopidae). Studi Trentini de Scienze Naturali Acta Biologica (Ser. B) 62: 36 [1985].
  2. ^ a b c Orthoptera Species File: genus Capraiuscola Galvagni, 1986 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
  3. ^ a b Galvagni A (1953) Due nuove specie ed una nuova sottospecie del genere Miramella Dovnar-Zapolskij (Orthoptera: Catantopidae). Studi trentini, Trento 30: 21.
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