Puissant's green-winged grasshopper (Aiolopus puissanti)

Aiolopus puissanti
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Epacromiini
Genus:	Aiolopus
Scientific name
Aiolopus puissanti Defaut, 2005
Geography
Native countries:
Portugal Cyprus Spain
Sound
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The Puissant's green-winged grasshopper (Aiolopus puissanti) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Taxonomy

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

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAiolopus puissanti

Habitat

Graminicole

Activity

Diurnal

Flight

Strong flier

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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.

• Tiago Carrapiço — 25 specimens collected
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 16 specimens collected
• Duarte Frade — 6 specimens collected

• Andre Hospers — 4 specimens collected
• Khadija El bouchikhi — 4 specimens collected
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 4 specimens collected
• Gilles San Martin — 3 specimens collected
• Louis AUREGLIA — 2 specimens collected
• Donald Davesne — 2 specimens collected
• Valentin Moser — 2 specimens collected
• Fabian A. Boetzl — 1 specimen collected
• Alfonso Garmendia — 1 specimen collected
• Pedro Beja — 1 specimen collected
• François DUSOULIER — 1 specimen collected
• Saman Ghasemian Sorboni — 1 specimen collected
• Arnaud Badiane — 1 specimen collected
• Jofre Espigulé-Pons — 1 specimen collected
• Bernat Espigule — 1 specimen collected
• Elia Guariento — 1 specimen collected
• Octávio Mateus — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 13 specimens identified
• Sebastian Ćato — 7 specimens identified
• Tiago Carrapiço — 7 specimens identified

• François DUSOULIER — 4 specimens identified
• Andre Hospers — 4 specimens identified
• Gilles San Martin — 3 specimens identified
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 3 specimens identified
• Josip Skejo — 2 specimens identified
• Duarte Frade — 2 specimens identified
• Donald Davesne — 2 specimens identified
• Saman Ghasemian Sorboni — 1 specimen identified
• Arnaud Badiane — 1 specimen identified
• Bernat Espigule — 1 specimen identified
• Octávio Mateus — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Catalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto