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.

Cyrtaspis scutata
Female
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Sound of the mating call of a male C. scutata as it is being approached.

Distribution edit

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 edit

  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.