Tessellana

Tessellana
Tessellana tessellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Tessellana
Zeuner, 1941

Tessellana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by Zeuner in 1941. Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Tessellana carinata Berland & Chopard, 1922
  2. Tessellana lagrecai Messina, 1979
  3. Tessellana nigrosignata Costa, 1863
  4. Tessellana orina Burr, 1899
  5. Tessellana tessellata (Charpentier, 1825) - type species (as Locusta tessellata Charpentier = T. t. tessellata, one of 2 subspecies)
  6. Tessellana veyseli Koçak, 1984

References

  1. ↑ Zeuner (1941) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 91: 36.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Tessellana Zeuner, 1941 (retrieved 28 April 2023)