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Calliptamus italicus

Synonyms: Gryllus italicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae. This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic ecozone, in North Africa and in the Near East.
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Infraspecies

Calliptamus italicus albotibialis
Calliptamus italicus italicus (Italian locust)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dammer Moor 420 Germany  

Predators

Asilus crabroniformis (Hornet robberfly)[1]
Machimus annulipes[1]
Pastor roseus (Rosy Starling)[2]
Satanas gigas[1]
Stenopogon sciron[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acuaria anthuris[3]
Gongylonema pulchrum[3]
Macracanthorhynchus catulinus[3]
Moniliformis moniliformis[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0