Broughtonia (bush cricket)

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Broughtonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Broughtonia
Harz, 1969
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Broughtonia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Broughtonia) by K. Harz in 1969 [1] and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011. [2] Species have been recorded from eastern Europe, with most records from the Balkans through to Romania and Bulgaria. [3]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [3] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Broughtonia arnoldi (Ramme, 1933)
  2. Broughtonia domogledi (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) - type species (as Platycleis domoglediBrunner von Wattenwyl)

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References

  1. Harz K (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica 5: 302.
  2. Massa & Fontana (2011) Zootaxa 2837: 16.
  3. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Broughtonia Harz, 1969 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)