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Acrididae MacLeay 1821

Description

6. Acrididae

6.1 Podisma dechambrei Leproux, 1951

Ch: AWNA; ERL: LC; V; %C: 0.72; ER: 2420-2470 m; Ph: VIII

P. dechambrei is an endemic species, ranging at high elevations from the southwestern Alps to the northern Apennines (Iorio et al. 2019). In the study area, the occurrence of this species (ssp. dechambrei) has been ascertained in a single locality (Le Conce, Pontechianale, 2420-2470 m; 05/08/2019; DG), where P. dechambrei proved to prefer alpine grassland habitats. According to the available data, the specimen observed at 2470 m represents an altitudinal record for this taxon in Italy.

Notes

Published as part of Giuliano, Davide, 2022, Orthopteran diversity and distribution in the Monviso Natural Park (Western Italian Alps) (Orthoptera), pp. 45-64 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/536, http://zenodo.org/record/8148149

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Acrididae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
MacLeay
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 sec. Giuliano, 2022

References

  • Iorio C., Scherini R., Fontana P., Buzzetti F. M., Kleukers R., Ode B., Massa B. 2019. Grasshoppers and crickets of Italy. A pho- tographic field guide to all the species. WBA Handbooks, 10: 577 pp.