Cyrtaspis scutata explained

Cyrtaspis scutata[1] is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Meconematinae. Belonging to the tribe Meconematini, this brachypterous species may be called "Le Méconème scutigère" in French.

Distribution

This species is found in southern Europe - France, Italy, Sicily, Spain and Portugal, Corsica, Croatia, Sardinia, Slovenia and the Azores.[2] It is also found in the Netherlands, near the city of Amersfoort, where it was able to reproduce since, at least, 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Charpentier (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis, Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, apud A. Gosohorsky, Wratislaviae 61-181.
  2. [Fauna Europaea]
  3. Web site: Voor Nederland nieuwe sprinkhaansoort ontdekt. 30 December 2018. Telegraaf.nl. 21 December 2021.