Platystolus

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]

Platystolus
Platystolus martinezii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Platystolus
Bolívar, 1878

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Platystolus martinezii (Bolívar, 1873)
  2. 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
  1. Bolívar I (1878) Analecta Orthopterologica. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 450. (available at Biblioteca digital).
  2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Platystolus Bolívar, 1878 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
  3. BioLib.cz: genus Platystolus (retrieved 9 January 2023)
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