Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer, 1773)
(Dark Bush-cricket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark 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 Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket) :
1: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Nymphs
Image 1: Nymph - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Nymph - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Nymph - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Nymph - postero-dorsal view - enlarged
2: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
28 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Late instar nymph, on grass leaf
Image 1: Dorsal view - in situImage 2: Dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Latero-dorsal view - in situImage 4: Rear three-quarter view - in situImage 5: Anterior view - enlargedImage 6: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 8: Dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 9: Front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 10: Lateral view - enlargedImage 11: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 12: Postero-dorsal view - enlarged
3: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
17 Aug 2003 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view (2)
4: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
19 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU78 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female, in Malaise Trap run from 19 Aug to 2 Sept 2001
Image 1: Eggs - from inside abdomenImage 2: Ovipositor - anterior (ventral) valves - highly enlargedImage 3: Ovipositor - dorsal valves - highly enlargedImage 4: Ovipositor - highly enlargedImage 5: Ovipositor - inner valves - highly enlarged
5: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 2: Latero-dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 3: Latero-ventral view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 4: Latero-ventral view - grey backgroundImage 5: Ventral view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 6: Ventral view - grey background
6: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
7 Sep 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female imago
Image 1: Female - side view
7: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
30 Jul 1971 OSGR: SX84 50° 20’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - side view

Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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