Aiolopus thalassinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Oedipodinae
Tribus: Aiolopini
Genus: Aiolopus
Species: Aiolopus thalassinus
Subspecies: A. t. dubius – A. t. rodericensis – A. t. tamulus – A. t. thalassinus
Name

Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms

Gryllus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum; exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin ediectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Carol. Ernest. Bohnii, Hamburg and Kiel, vol 1: VIII + 552 pp. BHL Reference page.
Aiolopus thalassinus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabricius 1781) Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Orthoptera Species File Online

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Grüne Strandschrecke
français: Œdipode émeraudine

Aiolopus thalassinus[1] is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae. It is present in many countries of Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia), and in the Afrotropical realm to Asia and the Pacific islands.

The colouration of this species is generally from clear brown to dark brown. Females have a size of 21–29 mm and males of 15–19 mm.

Subspecies

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]

Aiolopus thalassinus corsicus Defaut & Jaulin, 2008 (Corsica)
Aiolopus thalassinus dubius Willemse (Pacific islands, Australia)
Aiolopus thalassinus rodericensis (Butler, 1876) (Aldabra, Rodrigues, Comoros)
Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) (India, Indo-China, China, Korea, Malesia)
Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781) (Europe, Africa, central and southern Asia)

References

Fabricius JC (1781) Species Insectorum 1:367.
Orthoptera Species File (2 December 2018)