Oecanthinae, Blanchard, 1845

Massa, Bruno, 2020, Annotated checklist of Orthoptera of the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 4885 (1), pp. 107-124 : 113

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9A40D91-3B45-4F90-B962-08796FB3525B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333568

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/353B87C7-D77D-FF83-4BB6-193DFE54F9DA

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Plazi

scientific name

Oecanthinae
status

 

Subfamily: Oecanthinae View in CoL

Oecanthus dulcisonans Gorochov, 1993

Material examined. MALTA: Ta’ Qali , 15.ix.1974, 1♂, 1♀ (leg./det. M. J. Ebejer; in MJE coll.); Wardija , 16.x.1983, 1♂, (leg. L. F. Cassar; det. B. Massa; in LFC coll.); Fomm ir-Rih , 29.x.2014, 1♂ (leg./det. M. J. Ebejer; in MJE coll.) .

The occurrence of this species in Malta was first brought to light by one of the authors [MJE] and is being reported for the first time in the present contribution. More work is required to establish its local status and distribution.

Distribution. Appears to have a patchy distribution that extends from the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean and Canary Islands.

Oecanthus pellucens pellucens (Scopoli, 1763)

Widespread and relatively quite common in rural settings and valley systems, especially on herbaceous shrubbery and tall grasses, including reeds.

Distribution. Mediterranean Basin, extending across the Palaearctic and Middle Eastern regions.

Family MOGOPLISTIDAE

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

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