Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)
(Oak Bush-cricket)

Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket)
FamilyMECONEMATIDAE (oak bush crickets)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Widgery, J. 2002 Wildlife Reports - Grasshoppers and relatives British Wildlife Vol 13, No. 3: 207-208.

Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket)

Has well-developed wings whereas they are vestigial in the recent colonist, M. meridionale.

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