Chortopodisma

Chortopodisma cobellii
Female Chortopodisma cobellii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Podismini
Genus: Chortopodisma
Ramme, 1951
Species:
C. cobellii
Binomial name
Chortopodisma cobellii
(Krauss, 1883)
Synonyms

Pezotettix cobellii Krauss (by monotypy and original designation)

Chortopodisma is a monotypic genus of grasshopper in the tribe Podismini. Its only recognized species is Chortopodisma cobellii.

Description

Chortopodisma cobellii is similar to Pseudoprumna baldensis, with a light green coloured body and a strong shortened dark band on its flanks (in contrast to other wingless mountain grasshoppers). This species is apterous and the hearing organ is vestigial.

Distribution and mode of life

This species is endemic to the Italian Alps, where it may be called the "Veneto Mountain Grasshopper". It is only known from a small area around the Monte Pasubio in altitudes of 1,600–2,200 metres (5,200–7,200 ft). Adult specimens can be found from August to October.

References

  1. ↑ Ramme (1951) Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 27: 63.
  2. ↑ Krauss HA (1883) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 33: 222.
  3. 1 2 "genus Chortopodisma Ramme, 1951: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. ↑ Heiko Bellmann (2006). Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer, die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-10447-8.