Meconema meridionale

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Meconema meridionale
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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
Binomial name
Meconema meridionale
(Costa, 1860)

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]

Close-Up of a Meconema meridionale

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