Pseudomogoplistes squamiger explained

Pseudomogoplistes squamiger, the scaly cricket, is a species of apterous cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. Long known in the genus Mogoplistes it was placed this genus, for which it became the type species, by AV Gorochov in 1984.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

Usually found near the sea on pebble beaches, its native range is in southern Europe and northern Africa,^[2] but since the 1960s it has been recorded from Dorset, and later Devon^[3] in the British Isles.^[4]

See also

• iNaturalist: image as the "Mediterranean Beach-Cricket"
• List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain

Notes and References

1. Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650.
2. Web site: species Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Fischer, 1853) . Cigliano MM, Braun H, Eades DC, Otte D . orthoptera.speciesfile.org . Orthoptera Species File . 16 December 2018.
3. Sutton PG, Cooper PD (1999) The scaly cricket Pseudomogoplistes squamiger Fischer (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) in Devonshire: discovery of a second British colony, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 135(1624-7):241-242
4. Book: Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles . Ragge DR . 1965 . F Warne & Co . London . 299.