Platycleis

Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853,[1] belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.[2]

Platycleis
Platycleis grisea (type sp.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Platycleis
Fieber, 1853
Synonyms

Chelidoptera Wesmaël, 1838

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.[3][4][5] 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[6] and others. They are now in a genus group[7] and include:

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

Species

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

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

See also

References
  1. Fieber FZ (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthopteren mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten als Auszug aus dem zum Drucke vorliegenden Werke. Die europäischen Orthoptera. Lotos 3: 149.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 15 November 2022)
  3. Vahed, K.; Parker, D. J.; Gilbert, J. D. J. (2010). "Larger testes are associated with a higher level of polyandry, but a smaller ejaculate volume, across bushcricket species (Tettigoniidae)". Biology Letters. 7 (2): 261–4. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0840. PMC 3061181. PMID 21068028.
  4. Biggest testicles record set by bushcricket
  5. Physorg link
  6. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33): 187.
  7. Orthoptera Species File: genus group Platycleis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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