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