This paper presents biological notes on two species of Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae that emerged from old spongy-woody galls of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 collected in Sicily (Italy) in April 2015: Leptophyes sicula Kleukers, Odé et Fontana, 2010 (Phaneropterinae) and Cyrtaspis scutata (Charpentier, 1825) (Meconematinae). Between the end of April and the fi rst few days of May a total of 30 neanids emerged from the galls, were reared and their life-cycle recorded. While L. sicula laid eggs in groups, C. scutata laid single eggs inside the galls; both species in a few years have adapted to exploiting this new shelter for egg laying. No interaction with the gall inducing insect was noted.
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Cerasa, G., & Massa, B. (2016). Tettigoniidae (orthoptera) ovipositing in old galls of dryocosmus kuriphilus (hymenoptera: Cynipidae). European Journal of Entomology, 113, 397–402. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2016.051
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