Parnassiana

Parnassiana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941. Species have been called "Greek bush-crickets" and members of this genus have been recorded mostly from that country.

Habitat and life cycle
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.

Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:
 * 1) Parnassiana chelmos (Zeuner, 1941) (3 subspecies)
 * 2) Parnassiana coracis (Ramme, 1921)
 * 3) Parnassiana dirphys (Willemse, 1980)
 * 4) Parnassiana fusca (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
 * 5) Parnassiana gionica La Greca & Messina, 1976
 * 6) Parnassiana menalon Willemse, 1975
 * 7) Parnassiana nigromarginata (Willemse & Willemse, 1987)
 * 8) Parnassiana panaetolikon Willemse, 1980
 * 9) Parnassiana parnassica (Ramme, 1926) - type species (as Metrioptera parnassica Ramme )
 * 10) Parnassiana parnon Willemse, 1980
 * 11) Parnassiana tenuis (Heller & Willemse, 1989)
 * 12) Parnassiana tymphiensis (Willemse, 1973)
 * 13) Parnassiana tymphrestos Zeuner, 1941