Modestana

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Modestana
Platycleidini nymph. Could be Modestana modesta or ebneri (44949794391).jpg
Modestana sp. nymph
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Modestana
Beier, 1955
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Modestana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by M. Beier in 1955. [1] Species can be found in South-eastern Europe, with most records from Italy, the Balkans and Greece. [2]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [2] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Modestana ebneri (Ramme, 1926)
  2. Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) - type species (as Platycleis modestusFieber)

Note: Modestana kraussi(Padewieth, 1900), the Croatian Meadow Bush-cricket, should now be placed in Bicolorana . [3]

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References

  1. Beier M (1955) Die jugoslawischen Arten der Platycleidini (Orthoptera-Tettigoniidae-Decticinae). Academia Scientiarum Et Artium Slovenica: Razprave Dissertationes 3: 211–252.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Modestana Beier, 1955 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
  3. Orthoptera Species File: species Bicolorana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900)