Biology:Meconema meridionale
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
| Tribe: | Meconematini |
| Genus: | Meconema |
| Species: | M. meridionale
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| Binomial name | |
| Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860)
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Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket.[2]
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] File:Meconema meridionale -- Südliche Eichenschrecke.webm
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hochkirch, A.; Massa, B.; Zuna-Kratky, T.; Kristin, A.; Puskas, G.; Ivkovic, S.; Presa, J.J.; Skejo, J. Skejo, Monnerat, C. et al. (2016). "Meconema meridionale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T68427413A74540416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68427413A74540416.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/68427413/74540416. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860) Southern Oak Bush Cricket". Orthoptera and Allied Insects. Biological Records Centre. http://species.orthoptera.org.uk/account.aspx?ID=9.
- ↑ "Species Account". http://www.orthoptera.org.uk/account.aspx?ID=8.
- ↑ Karim Vahed (1996). "Prolonged copulation in oak bushcrickets (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconema thalassinum and M. meridionale)". Journal of Orthoptera Research 5 (5): 199–204. doi:10.2307/3503594.
- ↑ "Saving Species (Srs 3) - 09 Oct 12 - Ep 6". BBC. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/nathistory/nathistory_20121009-1505a.mp3.
- ↑ 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". Journal of Applied Entomology 129 (7): 353–362. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0418.2005.00973.x. https://www.unifr.ch/biol/ecology/bersier/members/Publications%20Patrik%20Kehrli/Grabenweger%20et%20al.%202005.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q493669 entry
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