{{short description|Species of grasshopper}} {{Speciesbox | image = Acrididae - Arcyptera fusca (male).jpg | image_caption = ''Arcyptera fusca''. Male | image2 = Acrididae - Arcyptera fusca-2.jpg | image2_caption = Female | display_parents = 4 | genus = Arcyptera | species = fusca | authority = (Pallas, 1773) | synonyms = * ''Arcyptera stolli'' <small> Fieber, 1853 </small> * ''Gryllus cothurnatus'' <small> Creutzer, 1799 </small> * ''Gryllus fuscus'' <small> Pallas, 1773 </small> * ''Gryllus nympha'' <small> Stoll, C., 1813 </small> * ''Gryllus variegatus'' <small> Sulzer, 1776 </small> * ''Gryllus versicolor'' <small> Gmelin, 1788 </small> * ''Acryptera fusca'' <small> (misspelling) </small> | range_map = Arcyptera fusca Range Map.jpg }} thumb|Close-Up of a Arcyptera fusca '''''Arcyptera fusca''''', the '''large banded grasshopper''', is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id259/ Biolib]</ref>
==Distribution== This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is nowadays present in most of Europe, in eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East (the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Caucasus and Siberia).<ref>[https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc025ac1-8bd9-4d62-8451-cfe65e2bc5f0 Fauna europaea]</ref>
==Habitat== They can be encountered in the alpine dry meadows, glades, heath, mountain pastures and grasslands, at an elevation up to {{convert|1000|m}} above sea level.<ref name = Ostravska >[http://www1.osu.cz/orthoptera/druhy/arc_fus.htm Ostravska Univerzita] {{in lang|cs}}</ref>
==Description== ''Arcyptera fusca'' can reach a body length of {{convert|22|-|35|mm}} in males, while females reach a length of {{convert|29|-|44|mm}}.<ref name= Ostravska /> These medium-sized grasshopper are characterized by a significant sexual dimorphism. Males have developed functional wings (oft {{convert|20|-|27.3|mm}}<ref name= Ostravska /> covering the abdomen, while females have rudimentary wings (of {{convert|12.3|-|20.1|mm}}),<ref name= Ostravska /> shorter than abdomen and unfit for flight (brachyptery). The basic body color is ocher or yellow-green, with dark markings.<ref name= Ostravska /> The hind tibiae have a characteristic bright red color that extended to the inner face of femora. The knees are black, surrounded by a white band.
thumb|200px|left|Mating couple
==Biology== Adults mainly feed on Poaceae species. Males use a range of different stridulations for signaling their presence in the territory, for engaging in a dispute with a rival of the same sex or for courting females.<ref name = garcia>García MD, Abellán J., Clemente M.E. & Presa J.J. – [http://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/viewFile/35811/34321 Consideraciones sobre el comportamiento acústico de Arcyptera fusca fusca (Pallas, 1773)]- ANALES DE BIOLOGIA, 11 (Biología Animal, 3). 1987: 81-89{{in lang|es}}</ref>
Eggs are spawned in oothecae in short tunnels dug in the ground.
==Bibliography== *Bei-Bienko & Mishchenko (1951) Keys to the fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation, no. 40], 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 2:385-667 [1-291] *Bukhvalova (1993) Acoustic signals of Arcyptera fusca fusca (Pall.) and A. fusca albogeniculata Ikonn. (Orthoptera, Acrididae), Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seriya XVI Biologiya 1993(1):46-49, 79, illustr. *Detzel & Wancura In Detzel [Ed.] (1998) Arcyptera fusca, Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 406-410 *Storozhenko (1988) A review of the genus Arcyptera Aud-Serv. (Orthoptera: Acrididae) (in Russian with English summary), Trudy Zoologitscheskogo Instituta, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [= Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad] (Trudy Zool. Inst., Akad. Nauk SSSR, Leningrad) 178:47-55 *Willemse, F.M.H. (1976) Notes on Arcyptera species from Greece and Turkey, with special reference to A. Labiata (Brulle 1832) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Publicaties van her natuurhistorisch Genootschap im Limburg (Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg) 26(1-3):23-35
{{listen|filename=BioAcoustica 409 2 Arcyptera fusca 501r2 .flac|title=''Arcyptera fusca'' recording}}
==References== {{wikispecies}} {{commons}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=47973 Orthoptera Species]
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Category:Gomphocerinae Category:Insects described in 1773 Category:Orthoptera of Europe Category:Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas