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Species

Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951

Macedonian Mountain Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501308; 55098bdc-770b-4714-92b2-4bb5f70d5296, DORSA BA000872S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502038; 0865e7ce-2f63-4f73-940c-5a2c69ac6677: female, lateral view (alloptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502038; 0865e7ce-2f63-4f73-940c-5a2c69ac6677: female, dorsal view (alloptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502038; 0865e7ce-2f63-4f73-940c-5a2c69ac6677: female, ventral view (alloptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502038; 0865e7ce-2f63-4f73-940c-5a2c69ac6677: female, frontal view (alloptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502038; 0865e7ce-2f63-4f73-940c-5a2c69ac6677: labels (alloptype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574084; b5f99c19-8a20-4e47-b750-1c5507e80d4b: female (Macedonia, Galicica Mts). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574085; cb853395-706f-4ccd-bfff-523c5b5da6f9: female (Macedonia, Galicica Mts). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588203; 0a8b818f-acc5-49a6-8b75-7cd9ef802e24: female (MK: Shar Mt., Crno Ezero). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588203; 0a8b818f-acc5-49a6-8b75-7cd9ef802e24: female nymph (MK: Shar Mt., Crno Ezero). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588203; 0a8b818f-acc5-49a6-8b75-7cd9ef802e24: habitat (MK: Shar Mt., Crno Ezero). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: female (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: female (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: habitat (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: male (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: male (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591387; 3aadce59-b0ec-4130-9781-dc3db9a38de0: male (North Macedonia: Galichica Mts., Magaro peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591388; cfd41b82-f6ec-4134-a51b-10690df1e23f: female (North Macedonia: Shar Mts, Ljuboten peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591388; cfd41b82-f6ec-4134-a51b-10690df1e23f: female (North Macedonia: Shar Mts, Ljuboten peak). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591388; cfd41b82-f6ec-4134-a51b-10690df1e23f: male nymph (North Macedonia: Shar Mts, Ljuboten). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951: 110.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000872S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Macedonia: Shar Dagh, Popovaschpka

  • Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951 in Matvejev, 1965
  • Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951 in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 304.
  • Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951 in Trillo & Ortego, 2025: 207, 208, 212.

References (12)

  • Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Südost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 27, 1–431.
  • Matvejev, A. (1965) Some data on the endemic Balkan grasshopper species Oropodisma macedonica (Orthoptera) [Serbo-Croatian with English summary]. Glasnik prirod. Muz. Beogradu, Belgrade, 20, 249–260.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1971) The genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942, with the description of two new species (Orthoptera, Acridiidae, Catantopinae). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 20, 19–25.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1972) Further records of the genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Catantopinae). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 22, 27–31.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1979) A new species and new distributional data of Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942 from Greece (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Entomologische Berichten, 39(7), 108–111. Available at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1013122
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2008) An annotated checklist of the Orthoptera-Saltatoria from Greece including an updated bibliography. Articulata Beiheft, 13.
  • Kenyeres, Z., Rácz, I.A. & Varga, Z. (2009) Endemism hot spots, core areas and disjunctions in European Orthoptera. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 52(1-2), 189–211. Available at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/isez/azcb/2009/00000052/f0020001/art00016?crawler=true
  • Machácková, L. & Fikácek, M. (2014) Catalogue of the type specimens deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Polyneoptera. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 54(1), 399–450. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/AEMNP/article/download/5409/7899
  • Lemonnier-Darcemont, M., Puskás, G. & Darcemont, C. (2015) First overview of the south Albanian Orthoptera fauna. Articulata, 30, 63–80.
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2018) The Grasshoppers of Greece. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 440 pp.
  • Trillo, M. & Ortego, J. (2025) Geometric morphometric characterization of the Balkan alpine grasshopper genus Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae), with description of two new species. ZooKeys, 1240, 195–217. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1240.150223

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution in Macedonia.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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