The Drumming katydid (Meconema thalassinum) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Meconematinae (arboreal predatory katydids).

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Overview

*Meconema thalassinum*
Meconema thalassinum
Other common names
	Oak bush-cricket, oak katydid
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Meconematinae
Tribe:	Meconematini
Genus:	Meconema
Scientific name
	Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)
Geography
Native countries:
	United Kingdom; Slovakia;
Introduced countries:
	Canada; United States;
Traits
Diet:	Insects
Sound
	; Listen to this species on xeno-canto and SINA

Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Resources

Distribution

Identification

Identification resources

Biology and ecology

Habitat and Ecology

Land-Use change

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Raoul Gerend — 14 specimens collected
Gilles San Martin — 13 specimens collected
Emil Førby — 13 specimens collected

Igor Balashov — 12 specimens collected
Nicolas Schwab — 8 specimens collected
Valentin Moser — 7 specimens collected
Anders Endrestøl — 5 specimens collected
Donald Hobern — 5 specimens collected
Jacob Gorneau — 5 specimens collected
Eva Karbanová — 5 specimens collected
Sven Gippner — 5 specimens collected
Stefan Olberg — 5 specimens collected
Kyle Copas — 4 specimens collected
Jakob Fahr — 4 specimens collected
Luis Pascoal da Silva — 4 specimens collected
Nathan Gibson Earley — 4 specimens collected
Ryan McMinds — 3 specimens collected
Sam Herniman — 3 specimens collected
Alexandr Stanislavschi — 3 specimens collected
Gunner Kjerulf Poulsen — 3 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Holger Braun — 875 specimens identified
Africa Gomez — 45 specimens identified
Gilles San Martin — 19 specimens identified

Oto Kaláb — 19 specimens identified
Raoul Gerend — 14 specimens identified
Emil Førby — 11 specimens identified
Igor Balashov — 8 specimens identified
태우 김 — 8 specimens identified
Valentin Moser — 7 specimens identified
Tyler Grant — 7 specimens identified
Gunner Kjerulf Poulsen — 4 specimens identified
Josip Skejo — 4 specimens identified
Lars Ove Hansen — 4 specimens identified
Nicolas Schwab — 4 specimens identified
Eva Karbanová — 4 specimens identified
Yonathan Uriel — 4 specimens identified
Donald Hobern — 3 specimens identified
Sebastian Ćato — 3 specimens identified
Niklas Wahlberg — 3 specimens identified
Jakob Fahr — 3 specimens identified

References