''Platycleis'' is a genus of Tettigoniinae, bush crickets described by Franz Xaver Fieber, Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.
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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 groupOrthoptera Species File: genus group ''Platycleis'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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# ''Alticolana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Eumetrioptera'' Miram, 1935
# ''Incertana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Montana (bush cricket), Montana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Parnassiana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Platycleis'' Fieber, 1853
# ''Semenoviana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Sepiana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Sporadiana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Squamiana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Tessellana'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Yalvaciana'' Çiplak, Heller & Demirsoy, 2002
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 15 November 2022)]
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# ''Platycleis affinis'' Fieber, 1853
# ''Platycleis albopunctata'' (Goeze, 1778)
# ''Platycleis alexandra'' (Uvarov, 1926)
# ''Platycleis buzzettii'' Massa & Fontana, 2011
# ''Platycleis concii'' Galvagni, 1959
# ''Platycleis curvicauda'' Podgornaya, 1988
# ''Platycleis escalerai'' Bolívar, 1899
# ''Platycleis falx'' (Fabricius, 1775)
# ''Platycleis fatima'' Uvarov, 1912
# ''Platycleis grisea'' (Fabricius, 1781) - type species (as ''Locusta grisea'' Fabricius)
# ''Platycleis iberica'' Zeuner, 1941
# ''Platycleis iljinskii'' Uvarov, 1917
# ''Platycleis intermedia'' (Serville, 1838)
# ''Platycleis irinae'' Sergeev & Pokivajlov, 1992
# ''Platycleis kabulica'' Bey-Bienko, 1967
# ''Platycleis kashmira'' (Uvarov, 1930)
# ''Platycleis kibris'' Ünal, 2012
# ''Platycleis latitabunda'' Stolyarov, 1968
# ''Platycleis longicauda'' Tarbinsky, 1930
# ''Platycleis meridiana'' Stolyarov, 1969
# ''Platycleis pamirica'' (Zeuner, 1930)
# ''Platycleis pathana'' Zeuner, 1941
# †''Platycleis pongraczi'' Zeuner, 1929
# ''Platycleis ragusai'' Ramme, 1927
# ''Platycleis rahmoiensis'' Jaiswara & Shah, 2022
# ''Platycleis romana'' Ramme, 1927
# ''Platycleis sabinegaali'' Garai, 2011
# ''Platycleis sabulosa'' Azam, 1901
# ''Platycleis sogdiana'' Mistshenko, 1954
# †''Platycleis speciosa'' (Heer, 1865)
# ''Platycleis trivittata'' Bey-Bienko, 1951
# ''Platycleis turanica'' Zeuner, 1930
# ''Platycleis waltheri'' Harz, 1966
Gallery
File:Platycleis.albopunctata.03.jpg, ''Platycleis albopunctata'' male
File:Platycleis affinis.jpg, ''Platycleis affinis''
File:Platycleis sabulosa01.jpg, ''Platycleis sabulosa''
File:Tettigoniidae - Platycleis sp..JPG, ''P. sp.'' nymph
See also
*List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
References
External links
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Tettigoniinae
Tettigoniidae genera