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Species

Omocestus (Dirshius) minutus (Brullé, 1832)

CollectionObject 1574095; ac3def8b-0331-4ab3-b073-e9752f609935: male (Albania, Pepellash). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574095; ac3def8b-0331-4ab3-b073-e9752f609935: male (Albania, Pepellash). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574096; e69f6e03-f85c-4b53-a026-48fa91cc48a7: male (Albania, Pepellash). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578843; dac8ba9e-5951-4eeb-b8eb-b2b825093964: female (RO: Letea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578844; 7d660f0b-1e0b-4ef7-83dd-c6e2381eea8b: male (RO: Vadu). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Oedipoda minuta Brullé, 1832: 94.

    Neotype; male; 66d54408-ed3e-4efe-a3af-09dfd1540f61; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Greece: Peloponnese, Western Greece and: Mt. Taygetos

  • Omocestus minutus (Brullé, 1832) in Kirby, 1910: 174.
  • Omocestus (Omocestus) minutus (Brullé, 1832) in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 294.
  • Omocestus (Dirshius) minutus (Brullé, 1832) in Storozhenko & Lapteva, 2023: 25.

References (23)

  • Brullé, G.A. (1832) Des animaux articulés. In Expédition scientifique de Morée: Vol. 4.3(1).2. F.G. Levrault, Paris. pp. 81–97. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5lRBAAAAcAAJ
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Ramme, W. (1926) Neue und wenig bekannte europäische und asiatische Orthopteren (Acrid., Tettigon.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1926, 273–289.
  • Pustovojt, A. (1927) Contributions a la faune des Orthopteres du district de Pervomajsk, Russie meridionale. (in Russian). Defense des Plantes, 4, 955–958. [1928]
  • Znojko, D. (1928) Zur Systematik der Acrididen der Steppenzone des Europäischen Russlands nebst einer kurzen Uebersicht der russischen Omocestus- und Myrmeleotettix-Arten (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Russkoe Entomologischeskoe Obozrenie, 22(3-4), 185–201.
  • Kolossov (1932) Synonymische und systematische Bemerkungen über paläarktische Insekten. Entomologische Nachrichten, 6, 115–118.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1942) New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67(4), 303–361. [1941] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4277_003#page/63/mode/1up
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 2, 385–667 [1–291]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224097#page/7/mode/1up
  • Miksic, S. (1953) Prilog poznavaju entomozajednice planinskih pašnjaka Treskavice (1951 god.). Godišnjak Biološkog Instituta u Sarajevu, 1-2, 43–48.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Miksic, S. (1978) Neke karakteristike faune Orthoptera planinskog pdručja zapadne Bosne. Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica, 14, 49–57.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Xie, L.-D. (2001) Two new species of the genus Omocestus from Qinghai Province (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 26(4), 507–510.
  • Nagy, B. (2005) Orthoptera fauna of the Carpathian basin - recent status of knowledge and a revised checklist. Entomofauna Carpathica, 17, 14–22.
  • Bukhvalova, M.A. (2006) Partioning of acoustic transmission channels in grasshopper communities. In Insect Sounds and Communication. CRC Press. 199–206 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=eqL4mAhm0-cC
  • Stahi, N. (2007) Faunistic and synecological researches of grasshoppers (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the scentific reserves of the Republic of Moldova. Oltenia, Studii si Comunicari, Stiintele Naturii, 23, 111–144. Available at http://olteniastudii.3x.ro/cont/23/IZ11-Stahi.pdf
  • Tishechkin, D.Y. & Bukhvalova, M.A. (2010) Acoustic communication in grasshopper communities (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae): segregation of acoustic niches. Russian Entomological Journal, 18(3), 165–188. [2009] Available at http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_18/REJ_18_3_165_188_Tishechkin_Bukhvalova
  • Mol, A. & Zeybekoğlu Ünal (2013) Distribution and taxonomy of Gomphocerinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae) species in the Anatolian Black Sea Basin and check list of Turkey subfamily fauna. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 15(2), 69–102. Available at http://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/530
  • Panrok, A. & Szövényi, G. (2013) First record and current distribution of Omocestus minutus (Brullé, 1832) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Hungary. Articulata, 18(1-2), 91–102. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_28_2013/Articulata_28_Panrok-Szoevenyi.pdf
  • Mol, A., Taylan, M.S. & Sirin, D. (2014) Some Caelifera species (Insecta: Orthoptera) distributed in Turkey with emphasis on new locality records, endemism, common, and agricultural pests. Plant Protection Bulletin, 54(2), 133–170. Available at http://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/428384
  • 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.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Lapteva, S.V. (2023) To the knowledge of the genus Omocestus I. Bolivar, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 94, 23–26. [in Russian]

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Reference to small body size.

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