Gomphocerippus rufus
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Gomphocerippus rufus is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae
subfamily Gomphocerinae
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This species is present in most of Europe
, in eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East
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The adult males grow up to 14–16 mm (0.551181102362205–0.62992125984252 ) long, while the females reach 18–22 mm (0.708661417322835–0.866141732283465 )of length. They can be encountered from late July through mid-December, usually in dry or slightly moist habitats. They feed on grasses and various herbaceous plants.
The basic coloration of the body varies from dark brown to gray. The back often shows a uniform grayish color, with an orange tip of the abdomen in matures males. This species has characteristic clubbed antennae with whitish tips. The wings are present in both sexes.
Acrididae
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the...
subfamily Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, commonly called slant-faced grasshoppers.Nineteen tribes are recognised:*Acrolophitini*Amblytropidiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893*Arcypterini Bolivar, 1914*Aulocarini...
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This species is present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
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The adult males grow up to 14–16 mm (0.551181102362205–0.62992125984252 ) long, while the females reach 18–22 mm (0.708661417322835–0.866141732283465 )of length. They can be encountered from late July through mid-December, usually in dry or slightly moist habitats. They feed on grasses and various herbaceous plants.
The basic coloration of the body varies from dark brown to gray. The back often shows a uniform grayish color, with an orange tip of the abdomen in matures males. This species has characteristic clubbed antennae with whitish tips. The wings are present in both sexes.