Meconema meridionale

Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket.[2]

Meconema meridionale
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
  1. 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.
  2. "Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860) Southern Oak Bush Cricket". Orthoptera and Allied Insects. Biological Records Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 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.
  5. "Saving Species (Srs 3) - 09 Oct 12 - Ep 6". BBC.
  6. 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.
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