Meconema thalassinum

Meconema thalassinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Meconema
Species:
M. thalassinum
Binomial name
Meconema thalassinum
(De Geer, 1773)

Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid.[1] It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of Long Island and extending its range to Rhode Island and Scarsdale, Stony Brook, and Ithaca, New York.[2]

  1. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ Thomas J. Walker. "Drumming katydid: Meconema thalassinum (De Geer 1773)". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07.