Gomphoceridius brevipennis (Brisout de Barneville, 1848)
![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_im2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]")
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![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_7im2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]")
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![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_9im2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]")
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![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_12im2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N]")
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![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Habitat (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013). Syntopic are among others: Cophopodisma pyrenaea, Stenobothrus nigromaculatus, Aeropus sibiricus, Antaxius hispanicus, Chorthippus binotatus, Decticus verrucivorus, Stauroderus scalaris. [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_h2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Habitat (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013). Syntopic are among others: Cophopodisma pyrenaea, Stenobothrus nigromaculatus, Aeropus sibiricus, Antaxius hispanicus, Chorthippus binotatus, Decticus verrucivorus, Stauroderus scalaris. [N]")
![Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Habitat in the Canigou area in October 2013 (foreground) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/brevipennis_2h2013.jpg "Gomphoceridius brevipennis: Habitat in the Canigou area in October 2013 (foreground) [N]")
Habitat:
Gomphoceridius brevipennis inhabits high mountain slopes and pastures in the Pyrenees.
Life cycle:
The adults appear between July and October.
Remarks:
Gomphoceridius brevipennis is endemic to the Pyrenees between 2000 and 2700m asl.
