Trigonidium cicindeloides Rambur 1838

Trigonidium cicindeloides Rambur, 1838 Figs 180, 181 References for Socotra. Massa 2009: 53. Diagnostic notes. Trigonidium cicindeloides is an unmistakable little cricket with large eyes, a shiny black body and orange-brown hind legs and cerci (Fig. 180). Distribution and occurrence. It is a widespread species in Africa, southern Europe, Asia and Arabia. Massa (2009) recorded it on Socotra. The only records are from Zerig and Zemhom, south of the Hagher (Fig. 181). The presence is most certainly overlooked and the species is probably more widely distributed in suitable habitats. Habitat and biology. On Socotra, Trigonidium occurs in dense Juncus vegetations at 250–650 m a. s. l. (Fig. 6).