''Meconema'' is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...

of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 5 March 2021)
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Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes: # ''

Meconema meridionale ''Meconema meridionale'' is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket. It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more south ...

'' Costa, 1860 - southern oak bush-cricket # ''

Meconema thalassinum ''Meconema thalassinum'' is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid. It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of ...

'' (De Geer, 1773) - oak bush-cricket - type species (as ''Locusta varia'' Fabricius) The Japanese species ''Meconema subpunctatum'' has been reassigned to the genus ''

Xiphidiopsis ''Xiphidiopsis'' is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae. Species have been recorded from: India, China, Japan, Indochina, Malesia, and islands in the Indian Ocean and Pacific. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' curren ...

'' (''X. subpunctata'' (Motschulsky, 1866)) Meconema meridionale fg05

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3303866 Meconematinae Tettigoniidae genera Orthoptera of Europe