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Platycleis

Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.

Biology

Studies conducted in 2010 at the University of Derby by Karim Vahed, Darren Parker and James Gilbert found that the tuberous bushcricket (Platycleis affinis) has the largest testicles in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded. They account for 14% of the insect's body mass and are thought to enable a fast re-mating rate. Platycleis albopunctata is the grey bush cricket and occurs in the British Isles.

Taxonomy

Genus group Platycleis

A number of Palaearctic genera are very similar, often including species that were originally placed here by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl and others. They are now in a genus group and include:

  1. Alticolana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  2. Eumetrioptera <small>Miram, 1935</small>
  3. Incertana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  4. Montana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  5. Parnassiana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  6. Platycleis <small>Fieber, 1853</small>
  7. Semenoviana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  8. Sepiana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  9. Sporadiana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  10. Squamiana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  11. Tessellana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  12. Yalvaciana <small>Çiplak, Heller & Demirsoy, 2002</small>

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following accepted species:

  1. Platycleis affinis <small>Fieber, 1853</small>
  2. Platycleis albopunctata <small>(Goeze, 1778)</small>
  3. Platycleis alexandra <small>(Uvarov, 1926)</small>
  4. Platycleis buzzettii <small>Massa & Fontana, 2011</small>
  5. Platycleis concii <small>Galvagni, 1959</small>
  6. Platycleis curvicauda <small>Podgornaya, 1988</small>
  7. Platycleis escalerai <small>Bolívar, 1899</small>
  8. Platycleis falx <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
  9. Platycleis fatima <small>Uvarov, 1912</small>
  10. Platycleis grisea <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small> - type species (as Locusta grisea <small>Fabricius</small>)
  11. Platycleis iberica <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  12. Platycleis iljinskii <small>Uvarov, 1917</small>
  13. Platycleis intermedia <small>(Serville, 1838)</small>
  14. Platycleis irinae <small>Sergeev & Pokivajlov, 1992</small>
  15. Platycleis kabulica <small>Bey-Bienko, 1967</small>
  16. Platycleis kashmira <small>(Uvarov, 1930)</small>
  17. Platycleis kibris <small>Ünal, 2012</small>
  18. Platycleis latitabunda <small>Stolyarov, 1968</small>
  19. Platycleis longicauda <small>Tarbinsky, 1930</small>
  20. Platycleis meridiana <small>Stolyarov, 1969</small>
  21. Platycleis pamirica <small>(Zeuner, 1930)</small>
  22. Platycleis pathana <small>Zeuner, 1941</small>
  23. †Platycleis pongraczi <small>Zeuner, 1929</small>
  24. Platycleis ragusai <small>Ramme, 1927</small>
  25. Platycleis rahmoiensis <small>Jaiswara & Shah, 2022</small>
  26. Platycleis romana <small>Ramme, 1927</small>
  27. Platycleis sabinegaali <small>Garai, 2011</small>
  28. Platycleis sabulosa <small>Azam, 1901</small>
  29. Platycleis sogdiana <small>Mistshenko, 1954</small>
  30. †Platycleis speciosa <small>(Heer, 1865)</small>
  31. Platycleis trivittata <small>Bey-Bienko, 1951</small>
  32. Platycleis turanica <small>Zeuner, 1930</small>
  33. Platycleis waltheri <small>Harz, 1966</small>

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