Meconema Explained

Meconema is the type genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.[1]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[1] includes:

  1. Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860 - southern oak bush-cricket
  2. Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773) - oak bush-cricket - type species (as Locusta varia Fabricius)

The Japanese species Meconema subpunctatum has been reassigned to the genus Xiphidiopsis (X. subpunctata (Motschulsky, 1866))[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1134933 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 5 March 2021)
  2. Web site: Taxa display - Xiphidiopsis subpunctata . 3 October 2018. Orthoptera.speciesfile.org.

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