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]
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| Oedipoda miniata in Lesbos, Greece | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Tribe: | Oedipodini |
| Genus: | Oedipoda |
| Species: | O. miniata
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gryllus miniatus Pallas, 1771 For O. m. miniata:
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It was originally described in 1771 as Gryllus miniatus.[5] It is in the Oedipoda caerulescens species group.[1]
Subspecies
editOrthoptera 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
edit- ^ a b c d species Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771) Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 4 December 2018)
- ^ subspecies Oedipoda germanica germanica (Latreille, 1804) Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 4 December 2018
- ^ Usmani (2008) Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya. Zootaxa 1946:1-41
- ^ Occurrences of Oedipoda miniata on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) website
- ^ Pallas PS (1771) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches 1:467
- ^ 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.