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Mediterranean Katydid

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke sikkelsprinkhaan ·Phaneroptera nana

LCleast concern 🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
Mediterranean Katydid, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phaneroptera nana is a species of katydid belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 37,753iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 37,753 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853 (173 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Mediterranean Katydid
Nederlands
Zuidelijke sikkelsprinkhaan
scientific name
Phaneroptera nana
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Tettigoniidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
1
sightings in Europe
18,940
sightings worldwide
37,753
GBIF records in NL
209
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1853 by Franz Xaver Fieber

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Tettigoniidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 132070, Wikidata Q743071, GBIF 1686202, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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