Platycleis Fieber 1853 (katydid)

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

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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

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