Calephorus compressicornis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Calephorus compressicornis (French: criquet des dunes) is a species of grasshopper in the tribe Calephorini found in Europe (France, Spain) and Africa. Pierre André Latreille first described the species (as Acrydium compressicornis) in 1804. The type locality is the vicinity of Bordeaux, France.
Latreille. 1804. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 12:155 as Acrydium compressicornis Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:786 as Oxycoryphus compressicornis
Bolívar, I. 1876. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 5:312 as Oxycoryphus compressicornis Krauss. 1890. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 40:260 as Oxycoryphus compressicornis Navás. 1909. Bol. Soc. Arag. Cienc. Nat. 8:199 as Oxycoryphus compressicornis
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):137 Bruner, L. 1910. Reise in Ostafrika 2:631 as Oxycoryphus compressicornis Chopard. 1922. Faune de France 3:141 as Calephorus compressicornis
Morales-Agacino. 1942. Publ. Serv. Lucha contra la Langosta 10:1-66 Morales-Agacino. 1950. Eos 26:19 Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Cairo | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
No species of the same family or order lives in Cairo, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Calephorus compressicornis sighting in Cairo on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 38 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Calephorus compressicornis in Cairo on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and July–August, the lowest months.
Only Cairo, in our data
Cairo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Calephorus compressicornis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Calephorus compressicornis is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairo (13 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
