Elegant straw grasshopper (Euchorthippus elegantulus)

Euchorthippus elegantulus
Other common names
Jersey grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Tribe:	Chrysochraontini
Genus:	Euchorthippus
Scientific name
Euchorthippus elegantulus Zeuner, 1940
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The Elegant straw grasshopper (Euchorthippus elegantulus) 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

• Euchorthippus elegantulus elegantulus Zeuner, 1940
• Euchorthippus elegantulus gallicus Maran, 1957

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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.

• Gilles San Martin — 7 specimens collected
• Duarte Frade — 6 specimens collected
• Valentin Moser — 4 specimens collected

• Tiago Carrapiço — 4 specimens collected
• Pedro Beja — 2 specimens collected
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 2 specimens collected
• Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval — 1 specimen collected
• Louis AUREGLIA — 1 specimen collected
• Ivan Paz-Vinas — 1 specimen collected
• Alexey Seregin — 1 specimen collected
• Ross Mounce — 1 specimen collected
• Arnaud Badiane — 1 specimen collected
• Bernat Espigule — 1 specimen collected
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Francesco Vitali — 10 specimens identified
• Duarte Frade — 5 specimens identified
• Gilles San Martin — 4 specimens identified

• François DUSOULIER — 3 specimens identified
• Valentin Moser — 3 specimens identified
• Pedro Beja — 2 specimens identified
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 2 specimens identified
• Alexey Seregin — 1 specimen identified
• Arnaud Badiane — 1 specimen identified
• Bernat Espigule — 1 specimen identified
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 1 specimen identified
• Tiago Carrapiço — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Catalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGIUCNNBN System KeyNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto