Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855 is a animal in the Mogoplistidae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855

Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855

Arachnocephalus vestitus, the hairy scale-cricket, is a widely distributed Mediterranean scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae.

Family
Genus
Arachnocephalus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855

Arachnocephalus vestitus, commonly called the hairy scale-cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It has a widespread distribution across the Mediterranean region. Confirmed locations for this species include coastal Albania, southern and coastal Bulgaria, Cyprus, coastal Croatia, coastal Bosnia and Hercegovina, mainland coastal Greece (including Crete and the eastern Aegean Islands), southern France including Corsica, Italy including Sicily and Sardinia, coastal Montenegro, eastern North Macedonia, coastal Romania, coastal Slovenia, Spain including the Balearic Islands, southern Portugal, coastal Ukraine, and the northern Russian coast of the Black Sea including Crimea.

Photo: (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Mogoplistidae Arachnocephalus

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