Parasteropleurus is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by J. Barat in 2012[1] with insects that resembled Steropleurus. To date (2022) species have been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. white or yellow points on the body". (South 1906)
40-50 mm. Large scrub cricket of the Tettigioniidae family; distributed throughout the eastern third of the Iberian Peninsula, from Alicante to the bottom of the Pyrenean valleys.
They mate in summer, for which the male places his spermatophore on the genital opening of the female who carries it, enabling fertilization. Laying takes place at the end of summer, spending the winter as eggs, underground.
Nymphs in spring and adults in summer.
They feed on plant matter, insect eggs and small insects that they capture on bushes and shrubs. They are good climbers and have a clear benefit for the environment, eliminating aphids and other insects that harm plants.
They live in dry, sunny grasslands, forest clearings, open forests, always with scrub and bushes, where they usually blend in, from sea level to 2,000 meters above sea level.
Identification is made by the shape of the cerci, shape of the pronotum and other characters.
