Phaneroptera falcata explained
Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of Orthopterans belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is mostly herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in warm scrub and grasslands areas,[1] also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.
Distribution
Phaneroptera falcata occurs in Europe and has historically been restricted to southern and central parts of the continent. They are absent in the Alpine foothills and in many parts of the Swabian Alps. Phaneroptera falcata has been extending the northern limits of its range in mainland Europe in recent decades;[2] it is now regular in parts of southernmost Scandinavia, despite only spreading to the region quite recently (first record in Denmark in 2010 and in Sweden in 2014).[3] [4] Vagrant adults are occasionally found in Britain, and a small, but apparently established, colony was discovered near Dungeness in Kent in 2015.[5]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) . Orthoptera and Allied Insects . 11 May 2016.
- Kočárek P. . Holuša J. . Vlk R. . Marhoul P. . Zuna-Kratky T. . 2008 . Recent expansions of the bush-crickets Phaneroptera falcata and Phaneroptera nana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Czech Republic . Articulata . 23 . 1 . 65–75 . 11 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609190618/http://www.dgfo-articulata.de/articulata/2008_23-1/Articulata_23-1%20Kocarek%20et%20al.pdf . 9 June 2016 .
- Web site: Seglgræshoppe . NaturBasen . 24 August 2023 .
- Web site: Långvingad lövvårtbitare . Artdatabanken (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) . 24 August 2023 .
- Web site: Newsletter 32, Autumn 2015. Grasshoppers and Related Species Recording Scheme of Britain and Ireland. 9. 3 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617065929/http://www.orthoptera.org.uk/sites/www.orthoptera.org.uk/files/PDF/Grasshoppers_and_relatives_newsletter_autumn_2015.pdf. 17 June 2016.
