Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

The slender burrowing grasshopper Acrotylus patruelis is a bandwing grasshopper found across Africa, southern Europe and southwestern Asia.

Family
Genus
Acrotylus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

Acrotylus patruelis, commonly called the slender burrowing grasshopper, is a species of bandwing grasshopper. This species is found throughout Africa, southern Europe, and southwestern Asia. It lives in a wide range of dry open habitats that have bare ground, including savannah, grassland, and Mediterranean shrubland.

Photo: (c) Roberto Sindaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Roberto Sindaco · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Acrotylus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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