Tessellana tessellata

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Tessellana tessellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Tessellana
Species:
T. tessellata
Binomial name
Tessellana tessellata
(Charpentier 1825) [1]
Synonyms
  • Platycleis holoptera emrahi Koçak, 1984
  • Platycleis tessellata (Charpentier, 1825) [2]

Tessellana tessellata known as the brown-spotted bush-cricket is a European and North African insect in the tribe Platycleidini (Tettigoniidae). [3] [4] [5] [6]

Close-Up of a Tesselana tesselata

Subspecies

Orthoptera Species File lists two subspecies: [3]

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References

  1. Charpentier (1825) Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis 121.
  2. GBIF: Platycleis tessellata (Charpentier, 1825)
  3. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: species Tessellana tessellata (Charpentier, 1825) (retrieved 31 May 2020)
  4. Encyclopedia of Life Tessellana tessellata species overview.
  5. bugguide.net Tessellana tessellata species information.
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)