The Malaysian bush-cricket (Mecopoda elongata) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Mecopodinae (long-legged katydids).

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Taxonomy

*Mecopoda elongata*
Mecopoda elongata
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Mecopodinae
Tribe:	Mecopodini
Genus:	Mecopoda
Scientific name
	Mecopoda elongata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
	Malaysia; Myanmar; Indonesia; India; Thailand; Taiwan; Sri Lanka;
Sound
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Identification

Identification resources

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceMecopoda elongata

Habitat

Arbicole

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

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Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

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Resources

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.

Manoj Karingamadathil — 2 specimens collected
Vijay Anand Ismavel — 1 specimen collected
Vikas Madhav Nagarajan — 1 specimen collected

FIROS AK — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

태우 김 — 9 specimens identified
Vikas Madhav Nagarajan — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGMyBISNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TaiBNETTaiCOL ID (new version)UMLS CUIXeno-canto