Purple Meadow Bush-cricket Metrioptera saussuriana

Photo: Klaus-Gerhard Heller

Classification

Tettigoniinae [subfamily]

Metrioptera [genus] (10)

saussuriana [species]

Classification

Tettigoniinae [subfamily]

Metrioptera [genus] (10)

saussuriana [species]

Names

English name	Purple Meadow Bush-cricket
Alternative English name	Saussure's Bush-cricket
Valid name	Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872)

Classification

Orthoptera [order]
- Ensifera [suborder]
  - Tettigoniidae [family] Bush-crickets
    - Tettigoniinae [subfamily]
      - Metrioptera Wesmaël, 1838 [genus]
        
        Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872) [species] Purple Meadow Bush-cricket