Platycleis Fieber 1853 (katydid)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Full reference: F. X. Fieber. 1853. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera. Lotos: Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 3:138-154
Parent taxon: Tettigoniinae according to J. D. Mugleston et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992, Garai 2010, Harz 1967, Harz 1969 and Zeuner 1939
Sister taxa: Anabrus, Capnobotes, Decticini, Drymadusini, Platycleidini, Tettigonia, Tettigoniini
Subtaxa: Platycleis pongraczi Platycleis speciosa
Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of Croatia (3), Germany (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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