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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
Tribe: | Platycleidini |
Genus: | Vichetia Harz, 1969 |
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Vichetia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Vichetia) by K. Harz in 1969 and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011: belonging to neither the Metrioptera nor the Platycleis genus groups.
Species have been recorded from eastern Europe, with most records from the Balkans through to Romania and Bulgaria.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following accepted species:
- Vichetia knipperi (Ramme, 1951)
- Vichetia oblongicollis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) - type species (as Platycleis oblongicollis Brunner von Wattenwyl)
References
- Harz K (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica 5: 286, 306.
- Massa & Fontana (2011) Zootaxa 2837: 16.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Vichetia Harz, 1969 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
External links
- Data related to Vichetia at Wikispecies
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