Meconema meridionale
Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket.[2]
Meconema meridionale | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
Tribe: | Meconematini |
Genus: | Meconema |
Species: | M. meridionale |
Binomial name | |
Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860) | |
It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal.[3] It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, Meconema thalassinum, being found in southern France, southwestern Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia[4] and, since 2001, the United Kingdom.[5] It is a predator of the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.[6]
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".[1]
References
- Hochkirch, A., Massa, B., Zuna-Kratky, T., Kristin, A., Puskas, G., Ivkovic, S., Presa, J.J., Skejo, J. Skejo, Monnerat, C., Szovenyi, G., Kleukers, R., Chobanov, D.P. & Rutschmann, F. 2016. Meconema meridionale. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T68427413A74540416. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68427413A74540416.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.
- "Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860) Southern Oak Bush Cricket". Orthoptera and Allied Insects. Biological Records Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Karim Vahed (1996). "Prolonged copulation in oak bushcrickets (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconema thalassinum and M. meridionale)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 5 (5): 199–204. JSTOR 3503594.
- "Saving Species (Srs 3) - 09 Oct 12 - Ep 6". BBC.
- G. Grabenweger; P. Kehrli; B. Schlick-Steiner; F. Steiner; M. Stolz; S. Bacher (2005). "Predator complex of the horse chestnut leafminer Cameraria ohridella: identification and impact assessment" (PDF). Journal of Applied Entomology. 129 (7): 353–362. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0418.2005.00973.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-02.
External links
- Media related to Meconema meridionale at Wikimedia Commons
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