Zeuneriana marmorata (Fieber, 1853)

Adriatic marbled bush-cricket

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Platycleis marmorata Fieber, 1853

Conservation Status

Last record: 1949 (Kleukers et al., 1997; Hochkirch et al., 2017a)

Rediscovered in: 1996 (Kleukers et al., 1997)

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

Distribution & Habitat

Italy & Slovenia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

Above: first male Adriatic marbled bush-cricket found in Slovenia in September 2004. Photo taken by Blaž Šegula. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

References

Original scientific description:

Fieber. (1853). Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos 3:90-104, 115-129, 138-154, 168-176, 184-188, 201-207, 232-238, 252-261

Other references:

Brunner von Wattenwyl, Carl. (1882). Prodromus der Europäischen Orthopteren. Monografien Entomologie Orthoptera 5: 1-466 [361].

Felson, Alexander et al. (2026, May 11). After 100 years, the song of a lost cricket returns to Venice Lagoon. Pursuit (The University of Melbourne). Available at: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/After-100-years,-the-song-of-a-lost-cricket-returns-to-Venice-Lagoon [Accessed 17 May 2026]

Gomboc, S. and Šegula, B. (2005). The finding of Zeuneriana marmorata (Fieber, 1853) in Slovenia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica 13(2): 81-92.

Hochkirch, A., Gomboc, S., Veenvliet, P. and Lipovšek, G. (2017a). Adriatic Marbled Bushcricket (Zeuneriana marmorata), A National Action Plan for Slovenia 2016-2022. IUCN-SSC & Javni zavod krajinski park Ljubljansko barje, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 52 pp.

Hochkirch, A., Kleukers, R., Veenvliet, P., Gomboc, S., Tami, F., Buzzetti, F. M. and Tout, P. (2016). Zeuneriana marmorata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44712377A101711740. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44712377A101711740.en. Downloaded on 28 January 2018.

Hochkirch, A., Tami, F., Fanin, Y., Guzzon, C., Merluzzi, P. and Tout, P. (2017b). Adriatic Marbled Bush-cricket (Zeuneriana marmorata), A National Action Plan for Italy 2016-2022. IUCN-SSC & ASTORE FVG, Staranzano, Italy. 38 pp.

Kleukers, R. M. J. C., Fontana, P. and Odé, B. (1997). Zeuneriana marmorata (Fieber): an endemic bushcricket from the coast of the northern Adriatic Sea (Insecta: Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Atti Acc. Rov. Agiatia, 247, ser. VII 7B: 63-79.

Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R. and Odé, B. (2012). Fauna d'Italia - XLVIII - Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna.

Redtenbacher, Josef. (1900). Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren (Ohrwürmer und Geradflügler) von Österreich-Ungarn und Deutschland. Vienna: Carl Gerold's Sohn. [p. 124]

Veenvliet, P. (2008). Kobilica Zeuneriana marmorata - skriti zaklad Ljubljanskega barja. Narava 15(4): 42-43.

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