Poecilimon

Poecilimon
Poecilimon jonicus: the "Ionian Bright Bush-cricket"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Barbitistini
Genus:	Poecilimon Fischer, 1853
Synonyms
For subgenus Poecilimon: Artvinia Karabag, 1962 Eupoecilimon Tarbinsky, 1932 Micrimon Ramme, 1942 Parapoecilimon Karabag, 1975 Poecilimonella Uvarov, 1921

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 lists:^[2]

subgenus Hamatopoecilimon Heller, 2011

• Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
• Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
• Willemse, 1982
• Fontana, 2004
• Heller & Reinhold, 1992
• Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

subgenus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Poecilimon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Poecilimon at Wikispecies