''Miramella'' is a small genus of short-horned

grasshoppers 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. Grasshop ...

in the subfamily

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. They are found in Europe and eastern Asia. , Orthoptera Species File lists seven species in three subgenera. The genus was first named in 1932. ''Miramella'' is the

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of the

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Miramellina (Acrididae: Melanoplinae: Podismini). Species in the genus ''Mirabella'' occur in a variety of habitats, with some found at up to above sea level in the Swiss alps, including alpine, subalpine, montane, and submontane meadows. The conservation status of three species have been assessed on the

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—'' Miramella carinthiaca'', '' M. irena'', and '' M. alpina''. They are each listed as species of "

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Subgenera and species

Subgenera and species include: * Subgenus ''Galvagniella'' Harz, 1973 (southeastern Europe) ** '' Miramella albanica'' Mistshenko, 1952 – Balkan Mountain grasshopper * Subgenus ''Kisella'' Harz, 1973 (western and central Europe) ** ''

Miramella alpina ''Miramella alpina'', the 'Green Mountain Grasshopper', is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Melanoplinae. Subspecies * ''Miramella alpina'' var. ''alpina'' (Kollar, 1833) * ''Miramella alpina ...

'' (Kollar, 1833) – green mountain grasshopper ** '' Miramella carinthiaca'' (Obenberger, 1926) – Karinthian Mountain grasshopper (southeastern Alps) ** '' Miramella irena'' (Fruhstorfer, 1921) – long-winged mountain grasshopper (southeastern Alps) * Subgenus ''Miramella'' Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 (eastern Asia) ** '' Miramella changbaishanensis'' Gong, J., Z. Zheng & Lian, 1995 ** '' Miramella rufipenne'' Chang, K.S.F., 1940 ** '' Miramella solitaria'' (Ikonnikov, 1911), type species of the genus, as '' Podisma solitaria'' (Korea, far east Russia, northeastern China) Genera with species formerly considered part of ''Mirabella'' include '' Capraiuscola'', '' Nadigella'', '' Parapodisma'', '' Podisma'', and '' Sinopodisma''.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q6872719 Melanoplinae Caelifera genera Orthoptera of Europe Orthoptera of Asia