Phaneroptera falcata

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Phaneroptera falcata
Phaneroptera falcata male.jpg
Phaneroptera falcata, male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Phaneropterini
Genus: Phaneroptera
Species:
P. falcata
Binomial name
Phaneroptera falcata
Poda, 1761
Synonyms
  • Locusta libellula (Stoll, 1787)
  • Decticus phyllopteroides (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Phaneroptera sinensis Uvarov, 1933

Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket , is a species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in very warm scrub and grasslands areas.[1] also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.

Distribution[]

Phaneroptera falcata occurs in central and southern Europe, with the northern distribution limit about Cologne. But they are absent in the Alpine foothills and in many parts of the Swabian Alps. Phaneroptera falcata has been extending the northern limits of its range in mainland Europe in recent decades.[2][3] Vagrant adults are occasionally found in Britain, and a small, but apparently established, colony was discovered near Dungeness in Kent in 2015.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761)". Orthoptera and Allied Insects. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ Kočárek P., Holuša J., Vlk R., Marhoul P. & Zuna-Kratky T. (2008). "Recent expansions of the bush-crickets Phaneroptera falcata and Phaneroptera nana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Czech Republic" (PDF). Articulata. 23 (1): 65–75. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Newsletter 32, Autumn 2015" (PDF). Grasshoppers and Related Species Recording Scheme of Britain and Ireland. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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