Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts) ➔ Family Acrididae (Shorthorned grasshoppers)

Omocestus (Omocestus) rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)

Buntbäuchiger Grashüpfer Woodland Grasshopper

Synonyms and other combinations:

Acridium viridulum Wesmael, 1838 ? | Chorthippus zetterstedti Fieber, 1852 | Chorthippus (Omocestus) rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821) | Gomphocerus (Stenobothrus) rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821) | Gryllus rufipes Zetterstedt, 1821 ? | Gryllus ventralis Zetterstedt, 1821 | Locusta miniata Stephens, 1835 | Oedipoda cruentata Brullé, 1832 | Oedipoda geniculata Brullé, 1832 ? | Omocestus ventralis (Zetterstedt, 1821) | Stenobothrus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821) |
(?: ambiguous synonym)

  • Omocestus rufipes, male 317
    Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)  Buntbäuchiger Grashüpfer  Woodland Grasshopper 
    Omocestus rufipes, male, det. Axel Hochkirch
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-08-27 11:44:45
    Image number: 317
    male
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-08-27 11:44:45
    det. Axel Hochkirch

Classification:
Omocestus rufipes belongs to the subfamily Gomphocerinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H. (2018). SF Orthoptera: Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0, Dec 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.