Poecilimon Last updated June 28, 2025 Genus of cricket-like animals
P. bilgeri nymph Poecilimon [ 1] is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in: central and Southeast Europe (including Italy and the Southern Alps, Southern Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria), the south of the European part of the former USSR, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus, Persia and extends in Central Asia to the Altai Mountains . [ 2] [ 3]
Description Because Poecilimon species are often brightly coloured, they may be called "bright bush crickets", although some are mostly green. As with many Orthoptera , colouration can be misleading, with variability within species. Often there is a stripe behind the eyes, dorsally dark and can extend beyond the pronotum. [ 4] The fastigium is broader to narrower than the scapus. The pronotum is often shiny, smooth, and often rounded dorsally. These insects are often brachypterous and females can be apterous . In the males, the cerci are very different, but are always more or less conical in the females. The ovipositor is always straight and slightly curved upwards and serrated. The antennae are monochrome or ringed and about three times as long as the body.
Species The Orthoptera Species File [ 2] now lists more than 140 species:
subgenus Hamatopoecilimon Heller, 2011 Poecilimon deplanatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon hamatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon ikariensis Willemse, 1982 Poecilimon klausgerhardi Fontana, 2004 Poecilimon paros Heller & Reinhold, 1992 Poecilimon unispinosus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon Fischer, 1853 species group ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon amissus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 1999 Poecilimon ebneri Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon glandifer Karabag, 1950 Poecilimon intermedius (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon marmaraensis Naskrecki, 1991 species group armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921) Poecilimon armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921) Poecilimon eskishehirensis Ünal, 2003 Poecilimon excisus Karabag, 1950 Poecilimon ferwillemsei Ünal, 2010 Poecilimon harveyi Karabag, 1964 Poecilimon haydari Ramme, 1951 Poecilimon inopinatus Ünal, 2010 Poecilimon karabagi (Ramme, 1942) species group bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon athos Tilmans, Willemse & Willemse, 1989 Poecilimon bidens Retowski, 1889 Poecilimon bischoffi Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon canakkale Kaya, Chobanov & Çiplak, 2015 Poecilimon cervus Karabag, 1950 Poecilimon demirsoyi Sevgili, 2001 Poecilimon diversus Ünal, 2010 Poecilimon djakonovi Miram, 1938 Poecilimon geoktschajcus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910 Poecilimon heinrichi (Ramme, 1951) Poecilimon istanbul Ünal, 2010 Poecilimon kocaki Ünal, 1999 Poecilimon miramae Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon naskrecki Ünal, 2001 Poecilimon oligacanthus Miram, 1938 Poecilimon pliginskii Miram, 1929 Poecilimon roseoviridis Chobanov & Kaya, 2012 Poecilimon scythicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911 Poecilimon similis Retowski, 1889 Poecilimon sureyanus Uvarov, 1930 Poecilimon tauricus Retowski, 1888 Poecilimon turciae (Ramme, 1951) Poecilimon turcicus Karabag, 1950 Poecilimon warchalowskae Chobanov, Kaya & Çiplak, 2015 species group celebi Karabag, 1953 Poecilimon celebi Karabag, 1953 Poecilimon iucundus Ünal, 2003 species group concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon cervoides Karabag, 1964 Poecilimon concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon hatti Ünal, 2004 Poecilimon longicercus Ünal, 2010 Poecilimon xenocercus Karabag, 1956 species group davisi Karabag, 1953 Poecilimon davisi Karabag, 1953 species group elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon albolineatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010 Poecilimon elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 species group heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911 Poecilimon bifenestratus Miram, 1929 Poecilimon heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911 Poecilimon tricuspis Miram, 1926 Poecilimon tschorochensis Adelung, 1907 species group inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon antalyaensis (Karabag, 1975) Poecilimon bilgeri Karabag, 1953 Poecilimon cretensis Werner, 1903 Poecilimon inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon isopterus Kaya & Chobanov, 2018 Poecilimon martinae Heller, 2004 species group jonicus (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon erimanthos Willemse & Heller, 1992 Poecilimon jonicus (Fieber, 1853) – type species (as Barbitistes jonicus Fieber = P. jonicus jonicus ) Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853) Poecilimon tessellatus (Fischer, 1853) Poecilimon werneri Ramme, 1933 species group luschani Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon egrigozi Ünal, 2005 Poecilimon helleri Boztepe, Kaya & Çiplak, 2013 Poecilimon ledereri Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon luschani Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon orbelicus Pančić, 1883 Poecilimon tuncayi Karabag, 1953 species group minutus Karabag, 1975 Poecilimon doga Ünal, 2004 Poecilimon karakushi Ünal, 2003 Poecilimon minutus Karabag, 1975 Poecilimon solus Ünal, 2010 species group ornatus (Schmidt, 1850) Poecilimon affinis (Frivaldszky, 1868) Poecilimon artedentatus Heller, 1984 Poecilimon gracilioides Willemse & Heller, 1992 Poecilimon gracilis (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon hoelzeli Harz, 1966 Poecilimon jablanicensis Chobanov & Heller, 2010 Poecilimon nobilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon nonveilleri Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010 Poecilimon obesus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon ornatus (Schmidt, 1850) Poecilimon pindos Willemse, 1982 Poecilimon pseudornatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010 Poecilimon soulion Willemse, 1987 species group pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon kutahiensis Werner, 1901 Poecilimon pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 species group propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon aegaeus Werner, 1932 Poecilimon chopardi Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon gerlindae Lehmann, Willemse & Heller, 2006 Poecilimon mariannae Willemse & Heller, 1992 Poecilimon propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon thessalicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon veluchianus Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon zimmeri Ramme, 1933 species group sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Poecilimon lodosi Harz, 1975 Poecilimon mytilenensis Werner, 1932 Poecilimon pulcher Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 species group syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon adentatus Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon angulatus Uvarov, 1939 Poecilimon ege Ünal, 2005 Poecilimon ersisi Salman, 1978 Poecilimon izmirensis Ramme, 1933 Poecilimon karabukensis Ünal, 2003 Poecilimon obtusicercus Heller, Sevgili & Reinhold, 2008 Poecilimon serratus Karabag, 1962 Poecilimon syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 Poecilimon toros Ünal, 2003 species group zonatus Bolívar, 1899 Poecilimon azizsancar Sevgili, 2018 Poecilimon ciplaki Kaya, 2018 Poecilimon isozonatus Kaya, 2018 Poecilimon salmani Sevgili, 2018 Poecilimon tauricola Ramme, 1951 Poecilimon varicornis (Haan, 1843) Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938 Poecilimon vodnensis Karaman, 1958 Poecilimon zonatus Bolívar, 1899 species group not assigned Poecilimon brunneri (Frivaldszky, 1868) Poecilimon chostae Stshelkanovtzev, 1935 Poecilimon distinctus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910 Poecilimon flavescens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) Poecilimon fussii Fieber, 1878 Poecilimon guichardi Karabag, 1964 Poecilimon hadjisarandou Werner, 1938 Poecilimon lateralis (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon macedonicus Ramme, 1926 Poecilimon neglectus Ramme, 1931 Poecilimon nivalis Chobanov, 2023 Poecilimon pechevi Andreeva, 1978 Poecilimon schmidtii (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon stschelkanovzevi Tarbinsky, 1932 Poecilimon thoracicus (Fieber, 1853) Poecilimon ukrainicus Bey-Bienko, 1951 Poecilimon zwicki Ramme, 1939 This page is based on this
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