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Tetrix subulata, known as the slender groundhopper or common pygmy grasshopper, is a small member of the family Tetrigidae and the type species of the genus Tetrix. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761 and is distributed across much of the Palearctic as well as North America. The species is ass...

Tetrix subulata, commonly called the common pygmy grasshopper or slender groundhopper, is a small grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. Described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761, it has an elongated pronotum that extends over the abdomen and typically possesses functional wings, allowing many individuals t...

Tetrix undulata, commonly called the common pygmy grasshopper or common groundhopper, is a small grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. It occurs across parts of Europe and is associated with bare or sparsely vegetated ground, including damp grassland, heath, woodland edges, and other open habitats....

The common groundhopper (Tetrix undulata) is a small insect belonging to the family Tetrigidae, distributed across northern and central Europe. Like other groundhoppers, it is distinguished by an elongated pronotum that extends backward over the abdomen like a shield, giving it a distinctive profile...

Tetrix tenuicornis, commonly called the long-horned groundhopper, is a grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. Sahlberg described the species in 1891, and it is included among the European species of Tetrix. Records associate it with sparsely vegetated, earthy or sandy ground rather than dense grass,...

Tetrix bipunctata is a boreo-subalpine pygmy grasshopper described by Linnaeus in 1758, ranging from western Europe to Korea.

Cepero's groundhopper, Tetrix ceperoi, is a species of pygmy grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. Ignacio Bolívar described it in 1887. The species is associated with warm, damp, sparsely vegetated or bare ground, and it is distinguished in part by relatively well-developed hind wings; these traits...

The Granulated Pygmy Grasshopper is a small groundhopper in the family Tetrigidae; the name is used in Canadian species references for Tetrix subulata, while Tetrix granulata is recorded as a historical synonym. It occurs in moist places on sandy soils and can also occupy drier sites, where it is re...

Paratettix meridionalis is a pygmy grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae and the type species of its genus. Rambur described it in 1838, and its distribution includes parts of southern Europe and North Africa. It is associated with damp ground and wetland margins, where its small body and expanded pr...

Paratettix argillaceus, called the Australian pygmy grasshopper, is a member of the family Tetrigidae. It belongs to a group commonly known as pygmy grasshoppers or groundhoppers, whose defining body feature is a pronotum that extends backward over the abdomen. The species was formally described in...

Nomotettix cristatus is a North American pygmy grasshopper described by Scudder in 1863. It is commonly known as the crested pygmy grasshopper and belongs to the family Tetrigidae, whose members are also called groundhoppers. Unlike many larger grasshoppers, pygmy grasshoppers are small and are ofte...

The obscure pygmy grasshopper, Tetrix arenosa, is a small North American groundhopper in the family Tetrigidae. It is associated with exposed soil, sandy ground, and sparsely vegetated shores, habitats that differ from the dense grass cover used by many larger grasshoppers. Its ecology reflects the...

Nomotettix cristatus, commonly called the crested pygmy grasshopper, is a small North American grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. It is distinguished by the elevated crest formed by the pronotum, the shield-like structure behind the head that extends over the abdomen. Like other pygmy grasshopper...

Tetrix undulata, known as the common groundhopper, is a small pygmy grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. It occurs in parts of Europe and is found close to bare ground in open habitats, including sandy or heath-like sites. Unlike many grasshoppers, it normally passes the winter as an adult, then re...

Tetrix subulata, the slender groundhopper, is a small groundhopper in the family Tetrigidae. It is associated with damp, open ground near water and is distributed across much of Europe and parts of Asia and North America. The species is recognized by a long pronotum that extends beyond the abdomen;...

Paratettix cucullatus is a species of groundhopper in the family Tetrigidae, native to Australia, where it occurs across much of the continent. Like other groundhoppers, it is a small, compact insect whose extended pronotum forms a shield-like covering over the abdomen, and it lives close to the gro...

Acrydium arenosum is a historical name used in early entomological taxonomy to describe a groundhopper species, reflecting early scientific classifications.