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Tessellana tessellata

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Tessellana tessellata
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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Orthoptera Species File lists two subspecies:[3]

  • T. tessellata holoptera Ramme, 1951
  • T. tessellata tessellata (Charpentier, 1825)

References

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  1. ^ Charpentier (1825) Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis 121.
  2. ^ GBIF: Platycleis tessellata (Charpentier, 1825)
  3. ^ a b 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)