Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Green Grasshopper)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Omocestus viridulus var ’brown’
Brown Form Of Common Green Grasshopper (Male Only)
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 		Variety 3 images
Omocestus viridulus var ’green’
Green Form Of Common Green Grasshopper
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 		Variety 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOmocestus viridulus (Common Green Grasshopper)
FamilyACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
SuperfamilyACRIDOIDEA (a superfamily of orthopterans)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Omocestus viridulus (Common Green Grasshopper) :
1: Omocestus viridulus (Common Green Grasshopper)
22 Jul 2017 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on light sheet
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Omocestus viridulus (Common Green Grasshopper) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
21 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in wildflower meadow in garden
Image 1: Abdomen, third leg - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - ventro-lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Head, antennae, prothorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Head, thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Head, antennae, pronotum - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 10: Head, antennae, prothorax - dorso-lateral view - magnified - grey background

Omocestus viridulus (Common Green Grasshopper) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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