Meconema
{{Short description|Genus of cricket-like animals}}
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|authority=Serville 1831Serville (1831) Ann. Sci. nat. 22(86): 157.
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Meconema is the type genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1134933 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 5 March 2021)]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File includes:
- Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860 - southern oak bush-cricket
- Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773) - oak bush-cricket - type species (as Locusta varia Fabricius)
The Japanese species Meconema subpunctatum has been reassigned to the genus Xiphidiopsis (X. subpunctata (Motschulsky, 1866)){{cite web|url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=3387 |title=Taxa display - Xiphidiopsis subpunctata |accessdate=3 October 2018|publisher=Orthoptera.speciesfile.org}}
References
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External links
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