Parnassiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Platycleidini |
| Genus: | Parnassiana Zeuner, 1941 |
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Parnassiana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941.[1] Species have been called "Greek bush-crickets" and members of this genus have been recorded mostly from that country.[2]
Habitat and life cycle[edit]
Grecian species such as P. chelmos and P. fusca often live in upland (1200-2300 m.) pastures and with thorny, low-growing shrubs such as Astragalus spp., often perched in these, rather than near the ground. Adults can typically be found between July and October. Several species are locally endemic: for example, P. fusca is only found on Mount Taygetos in the southern Peloponnese.[3]
Species[edit]
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following:
- Parnassiana chelmos (Zeuner, 1941) (3 subspecies)
- Parnassiana coracis (Ramme, 1921)
- Parnassiana dirphys (Willemse, 1980)
- Parnassiana fusca (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
- Parnassiana gionica La Greca & Messina, 1976
- Parnassiana menalon Willemse, 1975
- Parnassiana nigromarginata (Willemse & Willemse, 1987)
- Parnassiana panaetolikon Willemse, 1980
- Parnassiana parnassica (Ramme, 1926) - type species (as Metrioptera parnassica Ramme)
- Parnassiana parnon Willemse, 1980
- Parnassiana tenuis (Heller & Willemse, 1989)
- Parnassiana tymphiensis (Willemse, 1973)
- Parnassiana tymphrestos Zeuner, 1941
References[edit]
- ^ Zeuner, F. E. (1941). "The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 91: 1–50 [19]. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1941.tb03001.x.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Parnassiana Zeuner, 1941 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 15 November 2022)
- ^ Wagner W: European locusts and their ecology
External links[edit]
Data related to Parnassiana at Wikispecies
