Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts) ➔ Family Tettigoniidae (Longhorned grasshoppers, katydids)

Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)

Kurzflügelige Beißschrecke Bug Bush-cricket

Synonyms and other combinations:

Chelidoptera raia (Burr, 1899) | Decticus tibialis Fischer von Waldheim, 1846 | Gryllus brachypterus Linnaeus, C.N., 1761 ? | Metrioptera alpinus Fieber, 1853 | Metrioptera insignita Bey-Bienko, 1926 | Platycleis raia Burr, 1899 |
(?: ambiguous synonym)

  • Metrioptera brachyptera, female 4810
    Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)  Kurzflügelige Beißschrecke  Bug Bush-cricket 
    Metrioptera brachyptera, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-08-06 13:30:08
    Image number: 4810
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-08-06 13:30:08
  • Metrioptera brachyptera, male 4859
    Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)  Kurzflügelige Beißschrecke  Bug Bush-cricket 
    Metrioptera brachyptera, male, conf. Axel Hochkirch
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-08-06 13:30:42
    Image number: 4859
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-08-06 13:30:42
    conf. Axel Hochkirch

Classification:
Metrioptera brachyptera belongs to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H. (2018). SF Orthoptera: Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0, Dec 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.