''Decticus albifrons'', the southern wartbiter, is a species of

katydid Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, ...

in the subfamily

Tettigoniinae The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve Tribe (biology), tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European spec ...

. It is found in Southern Europe.

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In Central Europe it is widespread only in Lower Austria and at the Neusiedler See.

References

Orthoptera of Europe Tettigoniinae Insects described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Tettigoniidae-stub