First records of the Oak bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum on three German North Sea islands (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Tettigoniidae)

Abstract

We provide the first records of the Oak bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum on the three German North Sea geest islands Amrum, Föhr and Sylt, based on monitoring and citizen science. The presence of the Oak bush-cricket on these German islands is probably due to unintentional introduction.

Keywords

• Orthoptera
• Meconema
• monitoring
• citizen science
• range extension