Pholidoptera aptera, the alpine dark bush-cricket, is a species of cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.

It is found in Eastern and Central Europe in the Alps and the Alpine foothills.

In Germany it occurs south of the line Bodensee, to southern Munich.

It is found at altitudes from 260 to 2360 meters above sea level in densely forested clearings or clearcuts, high-altitude orchards, bracken slopes, rocky, dwarf shrub communities and areas densely populated with grasses and herbaceous plants.

At high altitudes, warm southern slopes are preferred.