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

Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sumpfschrecke Large Marsh Grasshopper

Synonyms and other combinations:

Gryllus grossum Linnaeus, 1758 | Gryllus (Locusta) grossus Linnaeus, 1758 | Acridium grossum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Acrydium rubripes De Geer, 1773 | Gryllus flavipes Gmelin, 1790 | Gryllus (Locusta) germanicus Stoll, C., 1813 | Mecostethus grossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Oedipoda grossa (Linnaeus, 1758) |

  • Stethophyma grossum, female 11351
    Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Sumpfschrecke  Large Marsh Grasshopper 
    Stethophyma grossum, female
    DE, SN, NSG Dippelsdorfer Teich; 2024-09-05 12:14:25
    Image number: 11351, © Steffen Hintersaß
    female
    DE, SN, NSG Dippelsdorfer Teich
    2024-09-05 12:14:25
  • Stethophyma grossum, female 11352
    Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Sumpfschrecke  Large Marsh Grasshopper 
    Stethophyma grossum, female
    DE, SN, NSG Dippelsdorfer Teich; 2024-09-05 12:10:44
    Image number: 11352, © Steffen Hintersaß
    female
    DE, SN, NSG Dippelsdorfer Teich
    2024-09-05 12:10:44
  • Stethophyma grossum, male 11353
    Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Sumpfschrecke  Large Marsh Grasshopper 
    Stethophyma grossum, male, conf. Knut Grünitz
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2024-09-18 13:24:29
    Image number: 11353
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2024-09-18 13:24:29
    conf. Knut Grünitz
  • Stethophyma grossum, male 11354
    Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Sumpfschrecke  Large Marsh Grasshopper 
    Stethophyma grossum, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2024-09-18 13:24:18
    Image number: 11354
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2024-09-18 13:24:18
  • Stethophyma grossum, male 11355
    Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Sumpfschrecke  Large Marsh Grasshopper 
    Stethophyma grossum, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2024-09-18 13:23:09
    Image number: 11355
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2024-09-18 13:23:09

Classification:
Stethophyma grossum belongs to the subfamily Oedipodinae.

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.
  2. Heuschrecken-Bestimmungsschlüssel für die östlichen Südalpen. Übersetzung von Norbert Grosser, Caroline Rey und André Rey 2006/2007 aus FONTANA et al (2002): Cavallette, Grille, Mantidi e Insetti affine del Veneto.
  3. Jacqui Miller, Tim Gardiner (2018). The effects of grazing and mowing on large marsh grasshopper, Stethophyma grossum (Orthoptera: Acrididae), populations in Western Europe: a review. Journal of Orthoptera Research 2018, 27(1): 91-96.