Meconema meridionale
Species of cricket-like animal
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Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket.[2]
| Meconema meridionale | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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]
