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Modestana

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Modestana
Modestana sp. nymph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Modestana
Beier, 1955
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Modestana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by M. Beier in 1955.[1] Species can be found in South-eastern Europe, with most records from Italy, the Balkans and Greece.[2]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Modestana ebneri (Ramme, 1926)
  2. Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) - type species (as Platycleis modestus Fieber)

Note: Modestana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900), the Croatian Meadow Bush-cricket, should now be placed in Bicolorana.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beier M (1955) Die jugoslawischen Arten der Platycleidini (Orthoptera-Tettigoniidae-Decticinae). Academia Scientiarum Et Artium Slovenica: Razprave Dissertationes 3: 211–252.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Modestana Beier, 1955 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
  3. ^ Orthoptera Species File: species Bicolorana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900)
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