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title: "Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper"
description: "Acrida ungarica — Insetos e aranhas. Acrida ungarica is a species of grasshopper, typical of the tribe Acridini, found in southern and central Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mediterranean-slant-faced-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper

> Acrida ungarica — Insetos e aranhas. Acrida ungarica is a species of grasshopper, typical of the tribe Acridini, found in southern and central Europe.

- Scientific name: *Acrida ungarica*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 7719
- Wikidata: [Q1484746](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1484746)
- iNaturalist taxon: [211055](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/211055)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper
- de: Gewöhnliche Nasenschrecke
- fr: Truxale des Magyars

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1570), HR (789), GR (681), HU (655), FR (579), ES (454), RO (306), UA (288), RU (191), AT (172), BG (129), AL (96)

## Summary

Acrida ungarica is a species of grasshopper, typical of the tribe Acridini, found in southern and central Europe. It is commonly known as the (common) cone-headed grasshopper, nosed grasshopper, and Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper.
Two subspecies are recognized:

Acrida ungarica mediterranea Dirsh, 1949
Acrida ungarica ungarica (Herbst, 1786)

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-slant-faced-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140594978

## Machine access

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