''Acrida ungarica'' is a species of

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...

, typical of the tribe

Acridini Acridini is a tribe of insects in the subfamily Acridinae, of the insect family Acrididae and are sometimes called "silent slant-faced grasshoppers". It was firstly described as ''Truxalis Conicus'' in 1781 Description Insects of this tribe are ...

, found in southern and central

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. It is commonly known as the (common) cone-headed grasshopper, nosed grasshopper, and Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper. Two subspecies are recognized: *''Acrida ungarica mediterranea'' Dirsh, 1949 *''Acrida ungarica ungarica'' (Herbst, 1786)

Gallery

File:Acrida hungarica (22123663930).jpg File:AcridaUgaricaPiotrCzekala 02.jpg File:Acrida ungarica 2017 Koroni 01.jpg, Nymph File:Acrida ungarica (Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper).jpg, alt=Acrida ungarica on a black background, Acrida ungarica isolated

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1484746 ungarica Orthoptera of Europe Insects described in 1786