Truxalis robusta
Truxalis robusta
Koray Öğreten · İdil Baraj Gölü
Key facts in one look
- Group
- Insect
- Family
- Acrididae
- Described
- 1916, as Acrida robusta
- Range
- Iran, Turkey, South Caucasus
- Status in Georgia
- Listed in the grasshopper catalogue
- IUCN
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Truxalis robusta belongs to Truxalis, a genus of long-headed grasshoppers, and occurs in Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. It was described in 1916 as Acrida robusta. It is listed in the catalogue of Georgia's grasshoppers. Photos from Tbilisi and Rustavi labelled as this species have not yet been confirmed, while photo-confirmed Truxalis in eastern Georgia are mostly Truxalis eximia. So do not identify a Truxalis to species by eye.
Identification
Truxalis robusta: how to identify it
A grasshopper of the genus Truxalis, closely related to Truxalis nasuta and Truxalis eximia. Photos from Tbilisi and Rustavi labelled as this species have not yet been confirmed. In eastern Georgia, photos mostly confirm Truxalis eximia.
Photos from Tbilisi and Rustavi labelled as this species in 2025–2026 have not yet been confirmed. In eastern Georgia, in Kakheti and around Tbilisi, confirmed Truxalis are mostly Truxalis eximia. So show your photo to a specialist to identify the species.
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It is listed in the catalogue of Georgia's grasshoppers. No specific sites in the country have been described yet. Photos from Tbilisi and Rustavi labelled as this species have not yet been confirmed. In eastern Georgia, photos mostly confirm Truxalis eximia.
In Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. The genus is far more widespread: in Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and from Asia Minor to Indochina. Several Truxalis species are known from the South Caucasus, so each record needs checking on its own.
In 1916, as Acrida robusta, in a review of the forms of Acrida in the Russian Empire. It was later also placed in the genus Acridella. Today it is treated as a species of Truxalis: Truxalis robusta (Uvarov, 1916).
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What this profile is based on
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