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Red-legged grasshopper
Chorthippus binotatus

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Roy Kleukers

Chorthippus smardai from Slovakia

Roy Kleukers - 15 September 2014
Male of Chorthippus smardai. 
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Recently Chorthippus smardai was described from Belianske Tatry mountains in northern Slovakia. The new species is related to Chorthippus parallelus and C. montanus and lives high in the mountains (> 1600 m). 


Source: Chládek, F. 2014. Chorthippus smardai – eine neue Art aus der Nordslowakei (Orthoptera s.l., Caelifera, Acrididae). TETRIX 2 (10): 37-40.