Tessellana veyseli - Veysel's Slender Bush-cricket
(Kocak, 1984)

Description: Relatively small species with a large head in relation to body size (♂ 13-17 mm, ♀ 14-16 mm). The fore wing does not reach the end of the abdomen, the wingtip is pointed. Ovipositor is 5-6 mm long, slightly curved and dark.
Similar species: Platycleis, Roeseliana and Metrioptera species.
Adults: from June to October.
Song:
The faint song consists of rasping syllables (3-5/sec) at irregular intervals. It sings mainly in the ultrasonic range and is therefore more easily observed with a bat detector.

Source: Orthoptera Species File (lab recording, 24 C, 500 Hz high pass)

Habitat: 
Dry grasslands, pastures and waste lands.
Distribution:
Widespread in the lowlands and in hilly areas.
Note:
older synonym is Platycleis vittata (Charpentier, 1825).

Tessellana veyseli, male
(Author: © L. Timaeus, source: observation.org, CC BY NC SA)

Tessellana veyseli, female
(Author: Ján Svetlík, source: flickr.com, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)