Cyrtaspis scutata

Cyrtaspis scutata^[1] is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Meconematinae. Belonging to the tribe Meconematini, this brachypterous species may be called "Le Méconème scutigère" in French.

Sound of the mating call of a male C. scutata as it is being approached.

Cyrtaspis scutata
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Meconematinae
Tribe:	Meconematini
Genus:	Cyrtaspis
Species:	C. scutata
Binomial name
Cyrtaspis scutata (Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
Cyrtaspis variopicta var. lineolata Costa, 1860 Cyrtaspis variopicta Costa, 1860

Video of Cyrtaspis scutata

Distribution

This species is found in southern Europe - France, Italy, Sicily, Spain and Portugal, Corsica, Croatia, Sardinia, Slovenia and the Azores.^[2] It is also found in the Netherlands, near the city of Amersfoort, where it was able to reproduce since, at least, 2016.^[3]