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Polysarcus denticauda

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Polysarcus denticauda
Polysarcus denticauda male
Song
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Polysarcus
Species:
P. denticauda
Binomial name
Polysarcus denticauda

Polysarcus denticauda is a species of insect belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, European Turkey, Switzerland and Bulgaria.[2] The habitat is long grass meadows with lush vegetation. Such meadows should be mowed late and fertilized only slightly.

Close-Up of a Polysarcus denticauda

References

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  1. ^ Charpentier (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis, Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, apud A. Gosohorsky, Wratislaviae 61-181
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea