''Chorthippus vagans'', which may be called the heath grasshopper or steppe grasshopper, 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 ...

belonging to the subfamily

Gomphocerinae Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia. Tribes and genera Tribes and genera include: Arcypterini Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...

. It is found across the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

through Russia and Kazakhstan, east to Siberia, and north to Denmark. It is rare in the British Isles. In Central Europe they are usually found at altitudes of . In the French Calcareous Alps, the species is found on Mont Ventoux up to an altitude of . The steppe grasshopper lives in warm and dry habitats with sparse, low vegetation.Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006,

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2345306 vagans Orthoptera of Europe Insects described in 1848