Meconema
| Meconema | |
|---|---|
| |
| Meconema thalassinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
| Tribe: | Meconematini |
| Genus: | Meconema Serville 1831[1] |
Meconema is the type genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.[2]
Species
[edit]The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes:
- Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860 - southern oak bush-cricket
- 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))[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Serville (1831) Ann. Sci. nat. 22(86): 157.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 5 March 2021)
- ^ "Taxa display - Xiphidiopsis subpunctata". Orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
External links
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Media related to Meconema at Wikimedia Commons
