Platycleis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Ensifera
Infraordo: Tettigoniidea
Superfamilia: Tettigonioidea

Familia:Tettigoniidae
Subfamilia: Tettigoniinae
Tribus: Platycleidini
Genus: Platycleis
Species: P. albopunctata – P. alexandra – P. burri – P. buzzettii – P. concii – P. curvicauda – P. deminuta – P. elytris – P. ehrmanni – P. escalerai – P. falx – P. fatima – P. grisea – P. hannae – P. iberica – P. iljinskii – P. intermedia – P. irinae – P. kabulica – P. kashmira – P. kraussi – P. latitabunda – P. longicauda – P. longis – P. meridiana – P. pamirica – P. pathana – P. ragusai – P. romana – P. sabulosa – P. sogdiana – P. speciosa – P. trivittata – P. turanica – P. waltheri
Name

Platycleis Fieber, 1852

References

Massa, B. & Fontana, P. 2011. Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa 2837: 1–47. Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Skejo, J., Rebrina, F., Tvrtković, N., Gomboc, S. & Heller, K-G. 2015. More than a century old ‘Platycleis Kraussi case’ finally resolved (Tettigoniidae: Platycleidini). Zootaxa 3990(4): 497–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

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]

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]
Species

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

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 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 umbilicata Costa, 1885
Platycleis waltheri Harz, 1966

References

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.
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 8 February 2021)
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.
Biggest testicles record set by bushcricket
Physorg link