Orthoptera Species File
species

Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764)

Ägyptische Wanderheuschrecke; Egyptian Grasshopper; Egyptian Locust; Le Criquet égyptien; Ägyptische Knarrschrecke
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): individual from Tuskany (Italy). (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): individual from Tuskany (Italy). (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): Pl. IV, Fig. 1. Gryllus lineola. (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): Pl. 7. female habitus. (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): Individual from Canary Islands. (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): female in dorsal view (from Croatia: Hvar Isl.). (Otu).
Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764): female in frontal view (from Croatia: Hvar Isl.). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1478992; 5eba6600-1db5-4245-8cba-e011eaa562f9, NHMUK013806035: female, dorsal view, (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583445; 3ccd10da-8352-4b32-907f-1cd6ee6a6b90: female (Greece, Evvia). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587953; a7cd10b9-9bbf-499f-ba13-b6c942293a2e: female, GR:Crete, Xirokampos. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588051; 0cdc29c6-066c-452d-9472-1498af448562: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588051; 0cdc29c6-066c-452d-9472-1498af448562: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590999; 0c033e4b-fad4-45a2-bf2f-575b0aba6a9d: female in lateral view (from Croatia: Korcula Isl.). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (120)

  • Gryllus (Locusta) aegyptius Linnaeus, 1764: 138.

    Holotype; male; cf10736c-775d-4df3-a5e4-8db52e7158b9; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Egypt

  • Gryllus lineola Fabricius, 1781: 365.
  • ... Show all ... (116)
  • Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764) in Tlili, Abdellaoui, Chintauan-Marquier, Ben Chouikha, Moussi, Ammar & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020: 617.
  • Acridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764) in Kasalo, Tvrtković, Bogić, Kokan, Vuković, Kučinić & Skejo, 2024: 5.

Nomenclature references (91)

  • Abusarhan, M., Amr, Z.S., Ghattas, M., Handal, E.N. & Qumsiyeh, M.B. (2017) Grasshoppers and locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History. Zoology and Ecology, 27(2), 143–155.
  • Baccetti, B. (1987) In Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology). Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England. 612 pp.
  • ... Show all ... (87)
  • Bellmann, H. & Luquet, G.C. (1995) Guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale. Delachaux et Niestle, Lausanne, 1–383 pp.
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. 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. 1, 1–400 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224096#page/9/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1876) Sinopsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal. Segunda parte. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 5, 259–372. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1128
  • Bolívar, I. (1899) Orthoptères du voyage de M. Martinez Escalera dans L'Asie mineure. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 43, 583–607. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110227#page/589/mode/1up
  • Braud, Y., Sardet, E. & Morin, D. (2002) Actualisation du catalogue des Orthoptéroïdes de l'île de Corse (France). Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 7, 5–22. Available at http://insecta-etudes.com/Braud_Sardet_Morin_2002_Orthoptera_Corse.pdf
  • Burr, M. (1908) The genus Acridium. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 20, 81–82. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36492#page/107/mode/1up
  • Cejchan, A. (1963) Ergebnisse der Albanien-Expedition 1961 des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts. Saltatoria. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 13(7-8), 761–796. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/623
  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et dermaptères. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 3, 212 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1093568
  • Chopard, L. (1943) Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord. In Faune de l'Empire Français. Lib. Larose, Paris. Vol. 1, 450 pp.
  • Colombo, G. & Moccelin, E. (1956) Ricerche sulla biologia dell'Anacridium aegyptium (Orthoptera, Catantopinae). Redia, 41, 277–313.
  • Costa, O.G. (1836) Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82200#page/7/mode/1up
  • Defaut, B. & Morichon, D. (2015) Criquets de France (Orthoptera, Caelifera). In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 97, Issue 1a,b, 695 pp. + XXI plates.
  • Defaut, B. (1999) Synopsis des orthoptères de France. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 2, 87 pp. Available at http://ascete.org/ressources/le-synopsis-des-orthopteres-de-france/
  • Defaut, B. (2001) In La détermination des Orthoptères de France. Bedeilhac. 85 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. & Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Tree locusts of the genus Anacridium (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 29, 7–69. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/153374
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Dubrony (1878) Liste des Orthoptères recueillis jusqu'ici en Ligurie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 12, 5–23. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95545#page/13/mode/1up
  • Ebner, R. (1910) Ein Beitrag zur Orthopterenfauna der europäischen Türkei mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Albanien (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Nord-Albanien, A. Klaptocz, 1909.). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 29, 401–414. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87994#page/419/mode/1up
  • Ebner, R. (1931) Einige Orthoptera von Mallorca. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 31, 497–503. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1250
  • Elgueta, M., Camousseight, A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1999) Catálogo de Orthoptera (Insecta) de Chile. Publicación ocasional - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), 54, 1–60. Available at http://publicaciones.mnhn.gob.cl/668/articles-71109_archivo_01.pdf
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1781) In Species Insectorum. Vol. 1, 340–371 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44032
  • Finot, P.A.P. (1907) Sur le genre Acridium. Contribution a l'étude du genre Acridium Serville de la famille des Acridiens, insectes orthoptères, avec descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 76, 247–354. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34145#page/265/mode/1up
  • Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1833) Conspectus Orthopterorum Rossicorum. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6, 341–390. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/173062#page/751/mode/1up
  • Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1846) Orthoptera Imperii Rossici. Entomographiae Rossicae IV. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 8, i-iv, 1–443, pls 1–37. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=mZFByvjnxQwC
  • Fishelson, L. (1985) Fauna Palaestina. Insecta. Orthoptera: Acridoidea, 3, 1–240.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Cogo, A. & Odé, B. (2002) In Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina. Museo Naturalistico Archaeologico di Vicenza, Vicenza. 1–592 pp.
  • Gangwere, S.K. & Llorente del Moral, V. (1992) Distribution and habits of the Orthoptera (sens. lat.) of the Balearic Islands (Spain). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 68(1), 51–87. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/173978
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1893) Viaggio del Dr. E. Festa in Palestina, nel Libano e regioni vicine. V. Ortotteri. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 8(164), 1–18. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42761#page/263/mode/1up
  • Grassé, P.P. (1922) Etude biologique sur le Criquet égyptien Orthacanthacris aegyptia (L.). Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique, 56, 545–578.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Herrera, L. (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain. Series Entomologica, 22, 1–162.
  • Ingrisch, S. (1999) Orthopteroid insects of Yemen. Esperiana, Schwanfeld, 7, 349–376.
  • Innes Bey, W. (1929) Révision des Orthoptères de l'Egypte. Deuxième partie. Acridiens. Mem. Soc. R. Ent. Egypte, Cairo, 3(2), 176 pp., 7 pls.
  • Ivković, S., Durdevic, A. & Popović, M.A. (2015) New data on the occurrence of Anacridium aegyptium (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Serbia. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 20(1), 163–166. Available at http://https://zenodo.org/record/44651/files/AES_20_2015_Ivkovic_et_al.pdf
  • Jacobson, G.G. (1905) Orthoptera. In Orthopteroid and Pseudoneuropteroid Insects of Russian Empire and adjacent countries. Devrien Publ., St. Petersburg. pp. 6–466. [1902]
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 52, 17–52, figs. 1–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35140#page/91/mode/1up
  • Kasalo, N., Tvrtković, N., Bogić, D., Kokan, B., Vuković, M., Kučinić, M. & Skejo, J. (2024) An overview of Orthoptera mass occurrences in Croatia from 1900 to 2023. Insects, 15(2), 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15020082
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) In Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London. 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Krauss, H.A. (1890) Erklärung der Orthopteren-Tafeln J. C. Savigny's in der "Description de l'Égypte". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 40, 227–272. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47786#page/353/mode/1up
  • Krauss, H.A. (1892) Dermapteren und Orthopteren aus Tunis. Gesammelt von Dr. A. König. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 11(5), 143–150. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/WEZ_11_0143-0150.pdf
  • La Greca, M., Di Marco, C., Laurenzi, M. & Osella, B.G. (1997) 9. Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera (Insecta). In Ricerche sulla Valle Peligna (Italia Centrale, Abruzzo). Amministrazione Provinciale, L'Aquila. Vol. 1, pp. 155–173.
  • Lemonnier-Darcemont, M., Puskás, G. & Darcemont, C. (2015) First overview of the south Albanian Orthoptera fauna. Articulata, 30, 63–80.
  • Liebermann, J. (1943) Géneros y especias nuevos de acridoideos chilenos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 11(5), 400–410, 1 pls. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/56802
  • Liebermann, J. (1943) Lista definitiva de los Acridoideos de Chile. Boletín del Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, 2(2), 133–139. [1942]
  • Linnaeus, C. (1764) Insecta exotica. Museum S.R.M. Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae, etc., 1–151. Available at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=1197
  • Lucas, P.H. (1851) Quelques remarques géographiques sur les Acridites qui habitent les possessions françaises du nord de l'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 2, 349–383. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81626
  • Marshall, J.A. (1983) The orthopteroid insects described by Linnaeus, with notes on the Linnaean collection. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78(4), 375–396.
  • Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (1998) Middle Eastern Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae and Acridoidea) preserved in Italian Museums. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 22, 65–104.
  • Massa, B. & Rizzo, M.C. (1998) Orthoptera raccolti in Tunisia nel XIX secolo e conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 92, 273–292.
  • Massa, B. (2009) Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 75–93. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0109
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) In Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna. Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Mistshenko, L. (1952) Locusts and grasshoppers, Catantopinae. The Fauna of Russia (= The USSR Fauna). New Series., 4(2), 610 pp.
  • Mistshenko, L. (1965) Locusts and Grasshoppers. The Fauna of Russia (= The USSR Fauna). New Series. [1952]
  • Moragues y de Manzanos, F. (1894) Insectos de Mallorca. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 23, 73–87. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1166
  • Murraj, X., Dino, R. & Alimëhilli, G. (1970) Disa rezultate mbi studimin e faunës së karkalecëve (Saltatoria) të Shqipërisë [Resultats sur la faune des sauterelles (Saltatoria) d’Albanie]. Buletin i Universitetit Shtetëror të Tiranës, Seria shkencat natyrore, 24(3), 137–148. [in Albanian]
  • Nagy, B. (2005) Orthoptera fauna of the Carpathian basin - recent status of knowledge and a revised checklist. Entomofauna Carpathica, 17, 14–22.
  • Navás, L. (1909) Notas zoológicas XVI: Ortópteros de Mallorca. Boletín de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias Naturales, 8, 197–201. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1085
  • Ogloblin, A. (1944) Nota sinonimica sobre un presunto acridio chileno. Notas del Museo de La Plata. Instituto del Museo de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata, 7(67), 147–149.
  • Popov, G.B. (1980) The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1977 (Dhofar). Acridoidea of eastern Arabia. Journal of Oman Studies, Spec. Rept. 2, 113–148.
  • Portschinsky, J. (1886) Orthoptera nonnulla nova vel parum cognita. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae], 20, 111–127. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48194#page/149/mode/1up
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1900) In Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren (Ohrwürmer und Geradflügler) von Österreich-Ungarn und Deutschland. Wien. 148 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0004_0001-0148.pdf
  • Salfi, M. (1937) Ortotteri di Valona (Albania) e di Rodi (Egeo). Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universitá di Napoli (Nuova Serie), 7(4), 1–6.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Shumakov, E.M. (1963) Les acridiens et les autres orthoptères de l'Afghanistan et de l'Iran. Trudy Vsesoyeiznogo Entomologicheskojo Obshchestva, Moskva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Unionis Soveticae], 49, 3–248. [in Russian]
  • Tarbinsky, S.P. (1940) In The Saltatorian Orthopterous Insects of the Azerbaidzhan S.S.R. [in Russian]. Acad. Sci. Azyerbaidjankoi S.S.R., Moscow-Leningrad. 245 pp.
  • Tarbinsky, S.P. (1948) Order Orthoptera (Saltatoria). In Keys to insects of European part of USSR [Opredelitel' nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR]. 104–127 pp.
  • Targioni-Tozzetti, A. (1882) In Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi o vantaggiosi all'agricoltura o all'economia domestica e principalmente delle cavallette. Annali di Agricoltura, Firenze, Bencini. 238 pp., 68 figs.
  • Targioni-Tozzetti, A. (1891) In Animali ed insetti del tobacco in erba e del tabacco secco. Tipografia dei Fratelli Bencini. 1–347 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=J74oAAAAYAAJ
  • Tempel, W. (1926) Occurrence of a swarm of Anacridium aegyptium in Germany in 1926. Die Kranke Pflanze, 3, 57–58.
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ
  • Tlili, H., Abdellaoui, K., Chintauan-Marquier, I.C., Ben Chouikha, M., Moussi, A., Ammar, M. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2020) Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification. Zoosystema, 42(31), 607–738. Available at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/42/31
  • Tümpel, R. (1914) Bau und Wirkungsweise der Punktaugen bei Acridium aegypticum L. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, 10, 275–282. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43158#page/369/mode/1up
  • Usmani, M.K. (2008) Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya. Zootaxa, 1946, 1–41.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). II. Genera Phyxacra to Willemsea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 473–490. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/501/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1927) Acrididae of Central Asia [in Russian]. Expt. Plant Protect. Sta. Uzbekistan, 1927, 214 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1938) Orthoptera from Iraq and Iran. Field Museum of Natural History (Zool. Ser.), 20(33), 439–451. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopterafromir2033uvar
  • Voisin, J.-F. (2003) Atlas des Orthoptères et des Mantides de France. Patrimoines Naturels, 60, 1–104.
  • von Charpentier, T. (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis. In Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis. Apud A. Gosohorsky, Wroclaw. pp. 61–181. [255 pp.]
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Werner, F. (1902) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Orthopterenfauna Griechenlands. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 47, 111–118. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36413#page/161/mode/1up
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2018) The Grasshoppers of Greece. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 440 pp.
  • Ünal, M. (2006) Kirikkale Orthopterlerinin fauna ekoloji ve taksonomisi Üzerine Arastirmalar. Priamus, 3, 1–51.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species101516