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  genus Omocestus Bolívar, 1878
subgenus Omocestus Bolívar, 1878
species viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

subspecies Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  Common Green Grasshopper; Le Criquet verdelet; Bunter Grashüpfer
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  • Specimens in German collections (DORSA)
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• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (31):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1:433 >> Gryllus (Locusta) viridulus  
  • Linnaeus. 1761. Fauna Sueciae sistens animalia Sueciae (Ed. 2):238 >> Gryllus viridulus  
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (12th ed.) 1, pt. 2:702 >> Gryllus (Locusta) viridulus  
  • Thunberg. 1815. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg 5:252 >> Gryllus viridulus  
  • Frivaldsky. 1867. Magyarországi Egyenesröpüek magánrajza. (Monographia Orthopterorum Hungariae) 152 >> Stenobothrus viridulus  
  • Bolívar, I. 1876-1878. Sinopsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal 123 >> Gomphocerus (Stenobothrus) viridulus  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):175 >> Note: Omoceustus  
  • Chopard. 1922. Faune de France 3:126, 148 >> Omocestus viridulus  
  • Hebard. 1925. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 51:39 >> Omocestus viridulus  
  • Petersen, B. & J.E. Treherne. 1949. Oikos. 1:175-183 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Bei-Bienko & Mishchenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 2:474[103]
  • Petersen, B. & R. Weber. 1952[1949-1952]. Zool. Bidr. 29:39-43 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Harz. 1975. Ser. Entomol. 11:727 >> Note: neotype [invalid, cf. Marshall 1983]
  • Herrera. 1982. Ser. Entomol. 22:11
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):376, 394 >> Note: lectotype designation, neotypes of Harz invalid >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Bellmann. 1985. Heuschrecken: beobachten, bestimmen 170 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Ragge. 1986. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 53(4):225 >> Note: Song  
  • Baccetti [Ed.]. 1987. Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology) 13-113 >> Note: Sperm
  • Bellmann & Luquet. 1995. Guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale 310 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Detzel [Ed.]. 1998. Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs 427 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Defaut. 1999. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 2:43 >> Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus viridulus
  • Szövényi & B. Nagy. 1999. Savaria 25(2):114 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 58 >> Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus viridulus
  • Braud, Sardet & Morin. 2002. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 7:14 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé. 2002. Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina 174 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Voisin [Ed.]. 2003. Patrimoines Naturels 60:70 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Nagy, B. 2005. Entomofauna Carpathica 17:20 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Savitsky. 2005. Trudy Russk. Entomol. Obshch. 76:99 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Bugrov, Novikova, Mayorov, Adkison & Blinov. 2006. Systematic Ent. 31:363, 366 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & L.P.M. Willemse. 2008. Articulata Beiheft 13:51 >> Omocestus viridulus
  • Tishechkin & Bukhvalova. 2009. Russian Entomol. J. 18(1):27 >> Omocestus viridulus
• See species viridulus for additional information.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe, Northern Europe, Sweden, Gotland, Burgsvik
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  LSUK London Linnean Society

• synonym aprica (Stephens, 1835)
• synonym dimidiatus (Thunberg, 1815)
• synonym marginalis (Thunberg, 1815)
• synonym nigroterminatum (De Geer, 1793)
• synonym rufescens (Ström, 1783)
• synonym rufomarginatum (De Geer, 1773)
• synonym rufoviolaceus Schirmer, 1913
• synonym unicolor Schirmer, 1913

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