Publication details
Rychlá expanze bezkřídlé kobylky
| Title in English | Fast expansion of the short-winged bush-cricket |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The micropterous bush-cricket Meconema meridionale A. Costa 1860 has been spread only in Italy and close surroundings till lately. During the sixties of the twentieth century, M. meridionale started to expand northwards from its area of distribution and gradually occupied the northern part of the Alps, the southern part of Germany and northern France. During the nineties, it reached central Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and in 2001 it was found in Great Britain. During the last five years, it has occupied northern Germany (Bremen, Osnabrück, Berlin). In the Czech Republic, M. meridionale was confirmed for the first time in the camping site Skalice at Slapy (one male) in 2009. Consequential research disclosed other ten localities with the occurrence of M. meridionale in the CR: four caravan camping sites, three hotel parking places, two highway resting places and one border crossing. The character of the occurrence of Meconema meridionale in the Czech Republic illustrates the recent spread of the bush-cricket caused by the passive dispersal by cars (especially caravans and trucks). |