Paratettix meridionalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Paratettix meridionalis is the type species of ground-hopper in its genus, which belongs to the subfamily Tetriginae and tribe Tetrigini. Its distribution includes: southern Europe, northern Africa, Arabian peninsula and records from Mexico and no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life or the Orthoptera Species File. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisbon | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Groundhopper sighting in Lisbon on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 405th most-seen of the 441 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mediterranean Groundhopper in Lisbon on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mediterranean Groundhopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lisbon, in our data
Lisbon is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mediterranean Groundhopper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Mediterranean Groundhopper that you can see in Lisbon (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), Common Maquis Grasshopper (about 10%) and Blue-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mediterranean Groundhopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Lisbon (6 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.
