---
title: "Mediterranean Katydid"
description: "Phaneroptera nana — Insects & spiders. Phaneroptera nana, common name southern sickle bush-cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae and subfamily Phaneropterinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mediterranean-katydid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Katydid

> Phaneroptera nana — Insects & spiders. Phaneroptera nana, common name southern sickle bush-cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae and subfamily Phaneropterinae.

- Scientific name: *Phaneroptera nana*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 36547
- Wikidata: [Q743071](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743071)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132070)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Katydid
- de: Vierpunktige Sichelschrecke
- fr: Phanéroptère méridional
- nl: Zuidelijke sikkelsprinkhaan

## Countries with the most observations

US (9663), FR (4675), AT (3194), IT (2935), DE (2449), PT (1149), CZ (851), ES (731), CH (552), HU (454), UA (383), HR (326)

## Summary

Phaneroptera nana, common name southern sickle bush-cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae and subfamily Phaneropterinae.  It has become an invasive species in California where it may be called the Mediterranean katydid.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaneroptera_nana

## Photo

![Mediterranean Katydid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-katydid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59338029

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mediterranean-katydid?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).