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species Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)

• Common name(s):  Oak Bush-cricket; Drumming Katydid; Le Méconème varié; Le Méconème tambourinaire; Gemeine Eichenschrecke
• Images: (6) See all images

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• Sound recordings:
  • lab recording, 17/8/1990, 26°C (Kenwood KX880HX with AKG D202, tape: S-MES90, tape no. KW32:01.00-10.00, noice-reduced); specimen
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
  • Species information and distribution in Germany (DGfO)
  • Xeno-canto
• Distribution:
  •  
   Europe, introduced to North America (British Columbia and southern New England)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (46):
  • De Geer. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes 3:433   >> Locusta thalassina    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:14285
  • Serville. 1831. Ann. Sci. nat. 22(86):158   >> Note: synonym >> Meconema varia
  • Pancic. 1883. Orthoptera in Serbia hucdum detecta 1-172 >> Meconema thalassinum    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:14284
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:370   >> Meconema thalassina
  • Caudell. 1912. Genera Insectorum 138:4   >> Meconema thalassina
  • Karny. 1913. Tabellen zur Bestimmung einheimischer Insekten 10 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Ramme. 1913. Berlin Ent. Z. 58:232   >> Meconema thalassina
  • Lucas, W.J. 1920. Monograph of the British Orthoptera 189   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Chopard. 1922. Faune de France 3:49, 72   >> Meconema thalassina
  • Chopard. 1951. Faune de France 56:99   >> Meconema thalassina
  • Gurney. 1960. Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington 62:95   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Karabag. 1964. Comm. Fac. Sci. Univ. Ankara, Ser. C Sc. nat. 13:49 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Beier. 1966. Orthopterorum Catalogus 9:250 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Miksic. 1967. Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. N.S. 6:97-124 >> Meconema thalassina
  • Harz. 1969. Ser. Entomol. 5:171 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Johnstone. 1970. Entomol. News 81(3):62-65   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Sismondo. 1980. J. Insect Physiol. 26:209-212   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Pinedo. 1983[1982]. Eos 59:210   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1984. Folia biologica (Krakow) 32:253-269 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Harz. 1984. Articulata 2(4):91   >> Note: oviposition in galls >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Bellmann. 1985. Heuschrecken: beobachten, bestimmen 86 >> Note: = M. varium >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Heller, K.-G. 1988. Ökol. Forsch. Anwend 1:73 >> Note: song >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Bellmann & Luquet. 1995. Guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale 102-103 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Shapiro. 1996. Hybridization and geographic variation in two meadow katydid contact zones >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Vahed. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:199-204 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1998. Folia biologica (Krakow) 46:172 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Detzel [Ed.]. 1998. Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs 220 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Coray & A.W. Lehmann. 1998. Articulata Beiheft 7:81   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Defaut. 1999. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 2:9   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Szövényi & B. Nagy. 1999. Savaria 25(2):105 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Nagy, A. & B. Nagy. 2000. Dunantuli Dolg. Term. Tud. Sorozat 10:154   >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Defaut. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 11 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé. 2002. Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina 306 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Voisin [Ed.]. 2003. Patrimoines Naturels 60:17 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 159 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 183, Plate 40 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Nagy, B. 2005. Entomofauna Carpathica 17:17 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Cannings. 2007. Jour. Entomol. Soc. Brit. Columbia 104:91-92 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & L. Willemse. 2008. Articulata Beiheft 13:34 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Ferreira, S., A.E. de Oliveira & Miralto. 2009. Boletín de la SEA 44:477-479 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Roesti, C. & Keist. 2009. Die Simmen der Heuschrecken 38 >> Note: song >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Poniatowski, Defaut, Llucià Pomares & Fartmann. 2010[2009]. Articulata Beiheft 14:58 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:195 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Llucià Pomares & Quiñones. 2013. Boletín de la SEA 53:10, 17 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers & Baudewijn. 2018. The Grasshoppers of Greece 199 >> Meconema thalassinum
  • Starka, Piterans & Spungis. 2022. ZooKeys 43   >> Meconema thalassinum
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe, Middle Europe, Netherlands, Utrecht sur l'Orme
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Status of type:  lost?
  • Location of type:  NHRS Stockholm

• synonym arboreus (Fuessly, 1775)
• synonym varia (Fabricius, 1775)

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