Platystolus
Appearance
Platystolus | |
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Platystolus martinezii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Bradyporinae |
Tribe: | Ephippigerini |
Genus: | Platystolus Bolívar, 1878 |
Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.[1] To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
Species
[edit]The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Platystolus martinezii (Bolívar, 1873)
- Platystolus surcularius (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger surcularius Bolívar)
Note: other species have been included in this genus,[3] but may be misplaced.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bolívar I (1878) Analecta Orthopterologica. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 450. (available at Biblioteca digital).
- ^ a b c Orthoptera Species File: genus Platystolus Bolívar, 1878 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
- ^ BioLib.cz: genus Platystolus (retrieved 9 January 2023)
External links
[edit]- Images at iNaturalist
- Data related to Ephippigerini at Wikispecies
- Media related to Platystolus at Wikimedia Commons