†Platycleis speciosa Heer 1864
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Alternative combinations: Decticus speciosus, Drymadusa speciosa
Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622
Belongs to Platycleis according to F. E. Zeuner 1939
See also Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1864 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxon: Platycleis pongraczi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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