Parnassiana

Parnassiana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941. Species have been called "Greek bush-crickets" and members of this genus have been recorded mostly from that country.

Habitat and life cycle

Grecian species such as P. chelmos and P. fusca often live in upland (1200-2300 m.) pastures and with thorny, low-growing shrubs such as Astragalus spp., often perched in these, rather than near the ground. Adults can typically be found between July and October. Several species are locally endemic: for example, P. fusca is only found on Mount Taygetos in the southern Peloponnese.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:

1. Parnassiana chelmos <small>(Zeuner, 1941)</small> (3 subspecies)
2. Parnassiana coracis <small>(Ramme, 1921)</small>
3. Parnassiana dirphys <small>(Willemse, 1980)</small>
4. Parnassiana fusca <small>(Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)</small>
5. Parnassiana gionica <small>(La Greca & Messina, 1976)</small>
6. Parnassiana menalon <small>(Willemse, 1975)</small>
7. Parnassiana nigromarginata <small>(Willemse & Willemse, 1987)</small>
8. Parnassiana panaetolikon <small>(Willemse, 1980)</small>
9. Parnassiana parnassica <small>(Ramme, 1926)</small> - type species (as Metrioptera parnassica <small>Ramme</small>)
10. Parnassiana parnon <small>(Willemse, 1980)</small>
11. Parnassiana tenuis <small>(Heller & Willemse, 1989)</small>
12. Parnassiana tymphiensis <small>(Willemse, 1973)</small>
13. Parnassiana tymphrestos <small>(Zeuner, 1941)</small>

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