Celes (grasshopper)
| Celes | |
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| Celes variabilis female: from Kazakhstan | |
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| Celes variabilis male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Tribe: | Oedipodini |
| Genus: | Saussure, 1884 |
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Celes is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Oedipodini, erected by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1884.[1] The recorded distribution of species is France and Spain in western Europe through temperate Asia to Japan (but locality records may be incomplete).[2]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Celes skalozubovi Adelung, 1906 (2 subspecies)
- Celes variabilis (Pallas, 1771) - type species (as Gryllus variabilis Pallas = C. variabilis variabilis, one of 3 subspecies)
References
- ^ de Saussure HLF (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 28, 1–254, 1 pl [131].
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Celes Saussure, 1884 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
