Sphingonotus corsicus Chopard, 1924 is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Sphingonotus corsicus Chopard, 1924

Sphingonotus corsicus Chopard, 1924

Sphingonotus corsicus, the Corsican sand grasshopper, is an IUCN least concern band-winged grasshopper found around the Mediterranean.

Family
Genus
Sphingonotus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Sphingonotus corsicus Chopard, 1924

Sphingonotus corsicus, commonly called the Corsican sand grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper that belongs to the family Acrididae. This species is found in Corsica as well as in other Mediterranean countries. The International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed Sphingonotus corsicus in 2015, assigning it the conservation status "LC" (least concern), meaning there is no immediate threat to the species' survival.

Photo: (c) David Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Renoult · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Sphingonotus

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

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