Eastern stone grasshopper (Prionotropis hystrix)

Prionotropis hystrix
Other common names
European giant steppe grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Pamphagidae
Subfamily:	Thrinchinae
Tribe:	Thrinchini
Genus:	Prionotropis
Scientific name
Prionotropis hystrix (Germar, 1817)
Geography
Native countries:
France Italy Croatia Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro

The Eastern stone grasshopper (Prionotropis hystrix) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Thrinchinae.

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

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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.

• Sebastian Ćato — 42 specimens collected
• Josip Skejo — 11 specimens collected
• Louis AUREGLIA — 3 specimens collected

• Marko Rohlfs — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Sebastian Ćato — 51 specimens identified
• Josip Skejo — 24 specimens identified
• Slobodan Ivkovic — 3 specimens identified

• Louis AUREGLIA — 2 specimens identified
• Marko Rohlfs — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGIUCNJ9U entityNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUI