# Podisma pedestris

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{{short description|Species of grasshopper}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Acrididae - Podisma pedestris.JPG
| image_caption =  ''Podisma pedestris'', adult female
| genus = Podisma
| species = pedestris
| authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
| display_parents = 4
| synonyms = *''Acridium apterum'' 
}}

'''''Podisma pedestris''''' is a species of 'short-horned [grasshopper](/source/grasshopper)s' belonging to the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae) subfamily [Melanoplinae](/source/Melanoplinae).

==Distribution==
This small wingless grasshopper is found throughout most of [Europe](/source/Europe) and the eastern [Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm), extending to temperate mainland east Asia.<ref name=OSF>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=49439 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 7 June 2021)]</ref>

==Description==
The adult males grow up to {{convert|17|-|25|mm}} long, while the females reach {{convert|24|-|30|mm}} of length. They can be encountered from mid June through October in dry meadows, in rocky slopes of mountains, alpine pastures and forest clearings. They feed on grasses and herbaceous plants. The females lay their eggs on the ground.

thumb|200px|left|''Podisma pedestris'', male The basic coloration of the body varies from dark-brownish to yellowish, with black and yellow trasversal stripes on the sides of the abdomen. The males have brighter and more intense colours and more extensive black markings than the females. A dark longitudinal stripe runs from the eye to [pronotum](/source/pronotum). The [femora](/source/femora) of the hind legs are reddish, while [tibiae](/source/tibiae) are bluish with white spines.

In both sexes the vestigial wings are oval, very short and unfit to flight ([brachyptery](/source/brachyptery)), resembling those of a nymph. This species sometimes has well-developed wings, enabling to fly.

==Subspecies==
* ''Podisma pedestris'' var. ''caprai'' <small> Salfi, 1935 </small>
* ''Podisma pedestris'' var. ''nadigi'' <small> Harz, 1975 </small>
* ''Podisma pedestris'' var. ''pedestris'' <small> ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) </small>
* ''Podisma pedestris'' var. ''sviridenkoi'' <small> Dovnar-Zapolskii, 1927 </small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060928160531/http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution_table.php Fauna Europaea]
* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id223/ Biolib]
* [http://www1.osu.cz/orthoptera/druhy/pod_ped.htm Www1.osu.cz]
* {{commons category-inline}}
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Category:Melanoplinae
Category:Insects described in 1758
Category:Orthoptera of Europe
Category:Orthoptera of Asia
Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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