Acrometopa macropoda[1] is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in southern Europe approximately from Trieste on both sides of the Adriatic coast - Italy and Yugoslavia and to the south Greece and the Dinaric Mountains . It prefers dry grasslands and wastelands with loose bushes or higher-growing plants, such as thistles .[2] Taxonomy- may be a subspecies of Acrometopa servillea

Acrometopa macropoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Acrometopa
Species:
A. macropoda
Binomial name
Acrometopa macropoda
(Burmeister, 1838)

References

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  1. ^ Burmeister H (1838) Handbuch der Entomologie. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha. 2(2), 756 pp. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin (Berlin).
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea