The Common mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Taxonomy

*Podisma pedestris*
Podisma pedestris
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Podismini
Genus:	Podisma
Scientific name
	Podisma pedestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
	Russia;

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

Subspecies

Podisma pedestris pedestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Podisma pedestris caprai Salfi, 1935
Podisma pedestris nadigi Harz, 1975
Podisma pedestris sviridenkoi Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1927

Identification

Identification details

Identification resources

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Habitat and ecology

Land-Use change

Management

Pest status

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

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Resources

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.

Andrei Humala — 12 specimens collected
Lars Ove Hansen — 8 specimens collected
Elia Guariento — 8 specimens collected

Alexey Yabs — 8 specimens collected
Gilles San Martin — 7 specimens collected
Steffen Kittlaus — 6 specimens collected
Oleg Kosterin — 5 specimens collected
Анна Mостовая — 4 specimens collected
Valentin Moser — 4 specimens collected
Joan Casanelles Abella — 4 specimens collected
Denis Ivanov — 4 specimens collected
Tim Adriaens — 3 specimens collected
Claude Kolwelter — 3 specimens collected
Josip Skejo — 3 specimens collected
Andre Hospers — 3 specimens collected
Fabio Cianferoni — 3 specimens collected
Milyausha Kaskinova — 3 specimens collected
Fabian A. Boetzl — 2 specimens collected
Douglas Ball — 2 specimens collected
Michael Steinwandter — 2 specimens collected

Identified by

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

Lars Ove Hansen — 31 specimens identified
Elia Guariento — 15 specimens identified
Andrei Humala — 14 specimens identified

Oleg Kosterin — 5 specimens identified
Gilles San Martin — 5 specimens identified
Josip Skejo — 5 specimens identified
Slobodan Ivkovic — 4 specimens identified
Valentin Moser — 4 specimens identified
Denis Ivanov — 4 specimens identified
Tim Adriaens — 3 specimens identified
Claude Kolwelter — 3 specimens identified
Andre Hospers — 3 specimens identified
Joan Casanelles Abella — 3 specimens identified
Alexey Yabs — 3 specimens identified
Francesco Vitali — 3 specimens identified
Douglas Ball — 2 specimens identified
Sebastian Ćato — 2 specimens identified
Roland Achtziger — 2 specimens identified
Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen identified
Villu Soon — 1 specimen identified

References