Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket (Anonconotus ligustinus), recorded as Endangered
Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket (Anonconotus ligustinus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket

Anonconotus ligustinus

Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket is a straight-winged insect in the tettigoniidae family.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Anonconotus ligustinus
Recorded from
France, Italy
Taxonomy
Insecta · Orthoptera · Tettigoniidae · Anonconotus

The katydid

Katydids are long-horned orthopterans. Most species sing from vegetation; a few are cave or ground specialists.

Grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets hear and sing. A species may be diagnosed by the song or by a mountain valley.

Range and habitat

Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket is recorded from France and Italy.

GBIF currently lists 295 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Katydids sing from shrubs or trees. Cave and ground forms in this family are the quiet exceptions.

Song, season, and a named mountain are how many of these insects were split. A silent valley after fire is an empty record.

In crisis

Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Dutch Wikipedia article on Anonconotus ligustinus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q10412734 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket?
Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket is a straight-winged insect in the tettigoniidae family.
What is the conservation status of Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Anonconotus ligustinus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket live?
Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket is a straight-winged insect in the tettigoniidae family.
Why is Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Anonconotus ligustinus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Ligurian Alpine Bush-cricket a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.