Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Popova, Kristina V., Molodtsov, Vladimir V. & Sergeev, Michael G., 2020, Rare grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) of the Baraba and Kulunda steppes (South Siberia), Acta Biologica Sibirica 6, pp. 595-609 : 595

Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rufous or White-clubbed grasshopper Figure 10

General distribution.

Europe (except the extreme North), Siberia (except the extreme North and NE parts), N Caucasus; W Kazakhstan, Amur Region, NE China.

Local distribution and ecology.

Berezhkov (1956) noted that the Rufous grasshopper was relatively rare in the forest-steppes and steppes. Nowadays its populations are also rare in the region. In 2019 the population density was about 0.1/m2 (a meadow near Neudachino settlement in the Baraba steppe). However, this species is relatively abundant in meadows and along edges of the birch forests on the right side of the Ob River.

Figures

Figures 10 - 15. 10 - Gomphocerippus rufus. 11 - Aeropedellus variegatus. 12 - Mesasippus arenosus. 13 - Mecostethus parapleurus. 14 - Locusta migratoria. 15 - Sphingonotus coerulipes.