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Genus of cricket-like animals

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

Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian Peninsula.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File 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, but may be misplaced.

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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Taxon identifiers
Platystolus
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