Calliptamus italicus

Calliptamus italicus
Calliptamus italicus. Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Calliptamus
Species:	C. italicus
Binomial name
Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Calliptenus cerisanus (Serville, 1838) Calliptenus cerasinus (misspelling)

Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.

This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in North Africa, and in the Near East.