''Pseudochorthippus''Defaut (2018) ''Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques'' 23: 81 is a genus of
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.
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tribe
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Gomphocerini
Gomphocerini is a tribe of grasshoppers of the family Acrididae.
Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following:
# '' Aeropedellus'' Hebard, 1935
# '' Bruneria'' McNeill, 1897
Chorthippus
''Chorthippus'' is a large genus of acridid grasshoppers with around 230 described species. The genus may be subdivided into subgenera including: ''Altichorthippus'', ''Chorthippus'' and ''Glyptobothrus'', with other species not placed.
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'', but are now placed here in species group ''parallelus'' (Zetterstedt, 1821). Species have been recorded from Western Europe, throughout temperate Asia and North America.
Species
''Pseudochorthippus'' includes the species:
* '' Pseudochorthippus curtipennis'' (Harris, 1835): N. America
* '' Pseudochorthippus montanus'' (Charpentier, 1825): mainland Europe: the 'water-meadow grasshopper'
* '' Pseudochorthippus parallelus'' (Zetterstedt, 1821) – type species (as ''Gryllus parallelus'' Zetterstedt = ''P. parallelus parallelus''): the European 'meadow grasshopper'
* '' Pseudochorthippus tatrae'' (Harz, 1971): E. Europe