Gomphocerus sibiricus

Gomphocerus sibiricus
	Gomphocerus sibiricus Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Gomphocerus
Species:	G. sibiricus
Binomial name
	Gomphocerus sibiricus; (Linnaeus, 1767) [1]
Synonyms
	Gryllus (Locusta) sibiricus Linnaeus, 1767 ; Aeropus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767) ;

Gomphocerus sibiricus is a species of insect belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.It is found across the Palearctic east to Siberia.The main distribution area is Siberia. In Central and Southern Europe it is limited to the high mountains: Pyrenees and Sierra de Guadarrama, central and southern Apennines, Alps, Carpathians, Balkan Mountains and the Caucasus.[2][3]

References

Linnaeus C. 1767. Systema naturae per regnae tria naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1(2): 533–1327. Holmiae.
Fauna Europaea
Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8

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[1] Linnaeus C. 1767. Systema naturae per regnae tria naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata, 1(2): 533–1327. Holmiae.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10447-8