Common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)

Omocestus viridulus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Tribe:	Stenobothrini
Genus:	Omocestus
Scientific name
Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
Belarus Bulgaria Georgia (country) Germany Italy Romania Russia Austria Ireland Netherlands Slovakia Spain Switzerland Slovenia Belgium Norway Poland Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Kazakhstan Sweden Luxembourg Mongolia Portugal Ukraine United Kingdom
Sound
Listen to this species on xeno-canto

The Common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Subspecies

• Omocestus viridulus kaestneri Harz, 1972
• Omocestus viridulus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Identification

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceOmocestus viridulus

Activity

Diurnal

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Africa Gomez — 61 specimens collected
• Lars Ove Hansen — 26 specimens collected
• Andrei Humala — 25 specimens collected

• Hallvard Elven — 18 specimens collected
• Gilles San Martin — 17 specimens collected
• Марина Горбунова — 17 specimens collected
• Andre Hospers — 14 specimens collected
• Claude Kolwelter — 12 specimens collected
• Tiit Teder — 9 specimens collected
• Konstantin Romanov — 6 specimens collected
• Art Villem Adojaan — 6 specimens collected
• Elia Guariento — 6 specimens collected
• Kjell Magne Olsen — 5 specimens collected
• Neil Clark — 5 specimens collected
• Павел Голяков — 4 specimens collected
• Jaak Pärtel — 4 specimens collected
• Valentin Moser — 4 specimens collected
• Leif Aarvik — 3 specimens collected
• Petr Kosachev — 3 specimens collected
• Alexey Yabs — 3 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Lars Ove Hansen — 218 specimens identified
• Africa Gomez — 90 specimens identified
• Andrei Humala — 26 specimens identified

• Francesco Vitali — 22 specimens identified
• Gilles San Martin — 19 specimens identified
• Hallvard Elven — 14 specimens identified
• Andre Hospers — 12 specimens identified
• Claude Kolwelter — 10 specimens identified
• Марина Горбунова — 8 specimens identified
• Art Villem Adojaan — 5 specimens identified
• Elia Guariento — 5 specimens identified
• Valentin Moser — 4 specimens identified
• Neil Clark — 4 specimens identified
• Konstantin Romanov — 3 specimens identified
• Jaak Pärtel — 3 specimens identified
• Josip Skejo — 2 specimens identified
• Kjell Magne Olsen — 2 specimens identified
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 2 specimens identified
• Jake Dalzell — 2 specimens identified
• Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

ARKive ID (archived)Belgian Species ListBioLibBOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeCzech NDOPDyntaxaeBiodiversityEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewFinnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species ListGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Great Norwegian EncyclopediaiNaturalistIndia Biodiversity PortalInsects (Insecta) of the Worldizeltlabuak.huNaturbasenNBIC scientific nameNBN System KeyNCBI taxonomyNederlands SoortenregisterObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)TAXREFTierstimmenarchivUMLS CUIXeno-cantoZOBODAT