Ruspolia nitidula (Scopoli, 1786)
(Large Cone-head)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRuspolia nitidula (Large Cone-head)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hathway, R., Stancliffe, P. & Goodey, M. 2003 The Discovery of Large Cone-head Bush-cricket in the Isles of Scilly British Wildlife Vol 15, No 1: 45-46.

Ruspolia nitidula (Large Cone-head) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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