Water-meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus montanus)

Pseudochorthippus montanus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Tribe:	Gomphocerini
Genus:	Pseudochorthippus
Scientific name
Pseudochorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms:	Chorthippus montanus
Geography
Native countries:
Belarus Germany Italy Lithuania Romania Russia Austria Latvia Netherlands Slovakia Spain Switzerland Belgium Poland Czech Republic Finland France Luxembourg Estonia Mongolia Ukraine
Traits
Diet:	Grasses and sedges
Sound
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The Water-meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus montanus) 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

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glancePseudochorthippus montanus

Habitat

Herbicole, Graminicole

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
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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 — 14 specimens collected
• Andrei Humala — 12 specimens collected
• Andre Hospers — 8 specimens collected

• Piotr Łukasik — 3 specimens collected
• Sven Gippner — 3 specimens collected
• Oto Kaláb — 3 specimens collected
• Geir Søli — 2 specimens collected
• François DUSOULIER — 2 specimens collected
• Valentin Moser — 2 specimens collected
• Roland Achtziger — 1 specimen collected
• Jakob Fahr — 1 specimen collected
• Olga Chernyagina — 1 specimen collected
• Alexey Yabs — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Lars Ove Hansen — 24 specimens identified
• Gilles San Martin — 17 specimens identified
• Andrei Humala — 6 specimens identified

• Andre Hospers — 6 specimens identified
• Oto Kaláb — 4 specimens identified
• François DUSOULIER — 2 specimens identified
• 태우 김 — 2 specimens identified
• Jakob Fahr — 1 specimen identified
• Марина Горбунова — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BioLibCatalogue of LifeCzech NDOPeBiodiversityFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewFinnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species ListGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistizeltlabuak.huNBIC scientific nameNCBI taxonomyNederlands SoortenregisterObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUI