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title: "Meadow Grasshopper"
description: "Pseudochorthippus parallelus — Insetti e ragni. Pseudochorthippus parallelus (often known by its synonym Chorthippus parallelus), the meadow grasshopper, is a common species of grasshopper in the tribe Gomphocerini."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/meadow-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Meadow Grasshopper

> Pseudochorthippus parallelus — Insetti e ragni. Pseudochorthippus parallelus (often known by its synonym Chorthippus parallelus), the meadow grasshopper, is a common species of grasshopper in the tribe Gomphocerini.

- Scientific name: *Pseudochorthippus parallelus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 36396
- Wikidata: [Q14191199](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14191199)
- iNaturalist taxon: [501625](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/501625)

## Names

- en: Meadow Grasshopper
- de: Gemeiner Grashüpfer
- es: Saltamontes de los Prados
- fr: Criquet des pâtures

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4723), DE (4628), AT (3749), FR (3343), PL (1203), BE (1070), DK (902), RU (843), FI (737), CZ (725), CH (621), IT (586)

## Summary

Pseudochorthippus parallelus (often known by its synonym Chorthippus parallelus), the meadow grasshopper, is a common species of grasshopper in the tribe Gomphocerini.  It is found in non-arid grasslands throughout the well vegetated areas of Europe and some adjoining areas of Asia. It is a well-studied organism in the discipline of evolutionary biology and was an early and important model system for the study of European phylogeography.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudochorthippus_parallelus

## Photo

![Meadow Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: jb7200 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28614530

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/meadow-grasshopper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).