Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Bog Bush-cricket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMetrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
FamilyTETTIGONIIDAE (bush crickets)
SuperfamilyTETTIGONIOIDEA (a superfamily of orthopterans)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket) :
1: Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
14 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male
Image 1: Male - latero-dorsal viewImage 2: Male - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 3: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged
2: Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
14 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, on gorse
Image 1: Female - on gorse - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 2: Female - on gorse - lateral viewImage 3: Female - on gorse - lateral view - close-up
3: Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
14 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - front three-quarter view - close-upImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up
4: Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
17 Aug 1975 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Female imago
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - front three-quarters view - enlargedImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged

Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Metrioptera brachyptera (Bog Bush-cricket)
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