Meconema meridionale

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

It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, Meconema thalassinum, being found in southern France, southwestern Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia and, since 2001, the United Kingdom. It is a predator of the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

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".

References

External links

• Media related to Meconema meridionale at Wikimedia Commons

1. Meconema
2. List of Orthoptera species of Ireland
3. Horse-chestnut leaf miner
4. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
5. Meconematinae
6. List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain