Omocestus rufipes

Omocestus rufipes
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Omocestus
Species:
O. rufipes
Binomial name
Omocestus rufipes
(Zetterstedt, 1821)
Synonyms[1][better source needed]
List
  • Chorthippus zetterstedti Fieber, 1852
  • Acridium viridulum (Welmael, 1838)
  • Gryllus rufipes Zetterstedt, 1821
  • Locusta miniata Stephens, 1835
  • Oedipoda cruentata Brullé, 1832
Close-Up of a Omocestus rufipes

Omocestus rufipes, the woodland grasshopper,[2] is a species of short-horned grasshopper belonging to subfamily Gomphocerinae. The Latin species name rufipes means red-footed, from rufus (red) + pes (foot), with reference to the color of the legs.

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.