Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)
(Woodland Grasshopper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOmocestus rufipes (Woodland 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 rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper) :
1: Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
10 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on short birch scrub in dull weather
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 6: Female - lateral view showing wing - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 8: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 9: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 10: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - enlargedImage 11: Head, antennae, thorax - lateral view - enlargedImage 12: Wing - close-up - enlarged - grey background
2: Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
27 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Dorso-lateral view (2)Image 3: Head and thorax - lateral view - close-upImage 4: Lateral view
3: Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
13 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Lateral view (2)Image 4: Ventral view

Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
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