The Heath Bush-cricket has a very scanty distribution throughout Europe. It used to occur in the heathland area of ‘De Veluwe’, mostly in pure Calluna vulgaris heathland. In 1987 the last 5 males were heard singing here. The only surviving Central-European populations are in military areas in northern Germany (Lüneburger Heide), where it lives in heathland which is burned every 4-5 years. The soil is almost bare between the heather plants. Although there is a slight possibility that Gampsocleis glabra might still be found in largely unstudied military areas, we assume that the species is now really extinct from The Netherlands.
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Auteur(s)
Wingerden, W.K.R.E. van, Willemse, L.P.M., Odé, B., Nieukerken, E.J. van, Kleukers, R.M.J.C.
Publicatie
- Kleukers, R.M.J.C., E.J. van Nieukerken, B. Odé, L.P.M. Willemse & W.K.R.E. van Wingerden 1997. De sprinkhanen en krekels van Nederland (Orthoptera). Nederlandse Fauna 1: 1-415. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, KNNV Uitgeverij, uropean Invertebrate Survey - Nederland.