Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860 – Nadrzewek południowy – Southern oak bush-cricket

The information contained in the Alien Species in Poland database is purely scientific and does not constitute legal advice or carry legal authority.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

First records of the species come from urban areas and vicinity of roads and rails, which indicates human-induced dispersal.

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range increasing

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl

Earliest introduction/record

in 2013

Types of transport

• Unintentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

• Container/bulk

Type of release into natural environment

• Transport- Stowaway

References

• Grobelny S., Żurawlew P., Kutera M., Brodacki M., Kupczyk M., Gwardjan M., Radzikowski P., Itczak A., Czyżewski S. 2019. Kolejne stanowiska nadrzewka południowego Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) w Polsce Przegląd Przyrodniczy XXX: 27-37. link

Life form: Insect

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae