# Psophus

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Psophus
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Psophus.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psophus
> Source revision: 1354871909
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = IKAl 20100801 Psophus stridulus.jpg
| image2 = Acrididae - Psophus stridulus.JPG
| image2_caption = Mounted specimen
| taxon = Psophus stridulus
| display_parents = 3
| authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
| synonyms =
*''Acridium stridulum''
*''Gryllus stridulus'' <small>[Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)</small>
}}
{{Listen |filename=Psophus stridulus - sound.ogg|title=Sound of ''Psophus stridulus'' |description=Field recording in the Netherlands 26s}}
thumb|right|Female
thumb|Close-Up of a Psophus stridulus
'''''Psophus''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [genus](/source/genus) of grasshopper of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae), subfamily [Oedipodinae](/source/Oedipodinae) and in the tribe Locustini. The one species in the genus is '''''Psophus stridulus''''', commonly known as the '''rattle grasshopper'''.

==Description==
''Psophus stridulus'' can reach a length of {{convert|23|-|25|mm|1}} in the males, of {{convert|26|-|40|mm|1}} in the females. The basic colouration of the body varies from brown to grey–ochre or black, with lighter spots. The [pronotum](/source/pronotum) is strongly convex. These grasshoppers are winged, but wings are short and unfit for flight in females, fully developed in males. The hindwings are bright red-orange, with a black apex. The adults occur from July or August up to October.

==Subspecies==
* ''Psophus stridulus samniticus'' <small>Baccetti, 1958</small>
* ''Psophus stridulus stridulus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

==Distribution==
This species can be found in Central and Southern Europe, in the eastern [Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm) (Siberia, Russian Far East, Middle Asia, China, Mongolia, Eastern Asia), and in the Near East.

==Habitat==
This species lives mainly in arid and rocky open areas, mostly in mountainous regions, at an elevation up to {{convert|2000|m}} above sea level. It is known as a [xeric](/source/xeric) specialist because of this, and often interacts with other species like ''[Zygaena ephialtes](/source/Zygaena_ephialtes)'' in these environments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266205205_Habitat_requirements_of_conspicuous_burnet_moth_Zygaena_ephialtes_Linnaeus_1767_Lepidoptera_Zygaenidae|title=Habitat requirements of conspicuous burnet moth Zygaena ephialtes (Linnaeus, 1767; Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id252/ Biolib]
* [http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1631476  Global Species]
*{{Wikispecies-inline}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q7256111|from2=Q1969488}}

Category:Acrididae genera
Category:Oedipodinae
Category:Taxa named by Franz Xaver Fieber
Category:Monotypic Orthoptera genera

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Psophus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psophus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psophus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.