Barbitistes serricauda

Barbitistes serricauda
Barbitistes serricauda male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Genus:	Barbitistes
Species:	B. serricauda
Binomial name
Barbitistes serricauda (Fabricius, 1798) [2]

Close-Up of a Barbitistes serricauda

Barbitistes serricauda, also known as Common Saw Bush Cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in most of Europe. ^[3] The imagines can be found from July to September on sunny forest edges and shrubs. They are mostly nocturnal.

Distribution

This species is present in Spain, Andorra, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Romania.However, it may also be present in Slovakia and Albania, but there were no confirmed records from these countries. ^[4]

References

1. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64549568/74525163
2. Fabricius (1798) Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae
3. Fauna Europaea
4. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64549568/74525163