Cyrtaspis scutata

Cyrtaspis scutata
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Meconematinae
Tribe:	Meconematini
Genus:	Cyrtaspis
Species:	C. scutata
Binomial name
	Cyrtaspis scutata; (Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
	Cyrtaspis variopicta var. lineolata Costa, 1860; Cyrtaspis variopicta Costa, 1860;

Cyrtaspis scutata^[1] is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Meconematinae. Belonging to the tribe Meconematini, this brachypterous species may be called "Le Méconème scutigère" in French.

Sound of the mating call of a male C. scutata as it is being approached.

Distribution

This species is found in southern Europe - France, Italy, Sicily, Spain and Portugal, Corsica, Croatia, Sardinia, Slovenia and the Azores.^[2] It is also found in the Netherlands, near the city of Amersfoort, where it was able to reproduce since, at least, 2016.^[3]

References

^ Charpentier (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis, Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, apud A. Gosohorsky, Wratislaviae 61-181.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ "Voor Nederland nieuwe sprinkhaansoort ontdekt". Telegraaf.nl. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[1] Charpentier (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis, Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis, apud A. Gosohorsky, Wratislaviae 61-181.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] "Voor Nederland nieuwe sprinkhaansoort ontdekt". Telegraaf.nl. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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