Cyrtaspis scutata

Cyrtaspis scutata[1] is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Meconematinae. Belonging to the tribe Meconematini, this brachypterous species may be called "Le Méconème scutigère" in French.

Cyrtaspis scutata
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Cyrtaspis
Species:
C. scutata
Binomial name
Cyrtaspis scutata
(Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Cyrtaspis variopicta var. lineolata Costa, 1860
  • Cyrtaspis variopicta Costa, 1860

Distribution

This species is found in southern Europe - France, Italy, Sicily, Spain and Portugal, Corsica, Croatia, Sardinia, Slovenia and the Azores.[2] It is also found in the Netherlands, near the city of Amersfoort, where it was able to reproduce since, at least, 2016.[3]

References
  1. Charpentier (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis, Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, apud A. Gosohorsky, Wratislaviae 61-181.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2969627/voor-nederland-nieuwe-sprinkhaansoort-ontdekt
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