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Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale · Zuidelijke boomsprinkhaan
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Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket. It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, Meconema thalassinum, being found in southern France, southwestern Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia and, since 2001, the United Kingdom. It is a predator of the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella. It is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List as it is "widespread and common, and the population size is very large".

References

External links

Media related to Meconema meridionale at Wikimedia Commons

Observations

Ommegangstraat, Zele, East Flanders, BE ·

Rue Cuvier, Paris, Île-de-France, FR ·

Taxonomy

  1. Animals (Kingdom Animalia) Dieren
  2. Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda) Geleedpotigen
  3. Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda) Zespotigen
  4. Insects (Class Insecta) Insecten
  5. Winged And Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota) Gevleugelde Insecten
  6. Grasshoppers, Crickets, And Katydids (Order Orthoptera) Rechtvleugeligen
  7. Katydids, Crickets, And Allies (Suborder Ensifera) Langsprietigen
  8. Katydids, Wētā, And Allies (Infraorder Tettigoniidea) Sabelsprinkhanen
  9. Superfamily Tettigonioidea
  10. Katydids (Family Tettigoniidae) Sabelsprinkhanen
  11. Quiet-calling Katydids (Subfamily Meconematinae) Boomsprinkhanen
  12. Tribe Meconematini
  13. Subtribe Meconematina
  14. Genus Meconema
  15. Southern Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale)