Platycleis

Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.

Biology
Studies conducted in 2010 at the University of Derby by Karim Vahed, Darren Parker and James Gilbert found that the tuberous bushcricket (Platycleis affinis) has the largest testicles in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded. They account for 14% of the insect's body mass and are thought to enable a fast re-mating rate. Platycleis albopunctata is the grey bush cricket and occurs in the British Isles.

Genus group Platycleis
A number of Palaearctic genera are very similar, often including species that were originally placed here by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl and others. They are now in a genus group and include:


 * 1) Alticolana Zeuner, 1941
 * 2) Eumetrioptera Miram, 1935
 * 3) Incertana Zeuner, 1941
 * 4) Montana Zeuner, 1941
 * 5) Parnassiana Zeuner, 1941
 * 6) Platycleis Fieber, 1853
 * 7) Semenoviana Zeuner, 1941
 * 8) Sepiana Zeuner, 1941
 * 9) Sporadiana Zeuner, 1941
 * 10) Squamiana Zeuner, 1941
 * 11) Tessellana Zeuner, 1941
 * 12) Yalvaciana Çiplak, Heller & Demirsoy, 2002

Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following accepted species:


 * 1) Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853
 * 2) Platycleis albopunctata (Goeze, 1778)
 * 3) Platycleis alexandra (Uvarov, 1926)
 * 4) Platycleis buzzettii Massa & Fontana, 2011
 * 5) Platycleis concii Galvagni, 1959
 * 6) Platycleis curvicauda Podgornaya, 1988
 * 7) Platycleis escalerai Bolívar, 1899
 * 8) Platycleis falx (Fabricius, 1775)
 * 9) Platycleis fatima Uvarov, 1912
 * 10) Platycleis grisea (Fabricius, 1781) - type species (as Locusta grisea Fabricius )
 * 11) Platycleis iberica Zeuner, 1941
 * 12) Platycleis iljinskii Uvarov, 1917
 * 13) Platycleis intermedia (Serville, 1838)
 * 14) Platycleis irinae Sergeev & Pokivajlov, 1992
 * 15) Platycleis kabulica Bey-Bienko, 1967
 * 16) Platycleis kashmira (Uvarov, 1930)
 * 17) Platycleis kibris Ünal, 2012
 * 18) Platycleis latitabunda Stolyarov, 1968
 * 19) Platycleis longicauda Tarbinsky, 1930
 * 20) Platycleis meridiana Stolyarov, 1969
 * 21) Platycleis pamirica (Zeuner, 1930)
 * 22) Platycleis pathana Zeuner, 1941
 * 23) †Platycleis pongraczi Zeuner, 1929
 * 24) Platycleis ragusai Ramme, 1927
 * 25) Platycleis rahmoiensis Jaiswara & Shah, 2022
 * 26) Platycleis romana Ramme, 1927
 * 27) Platycleis sabinegaali Garai, 2011
 * 28) Platycleis sabulosa Azam, 1901
 * 29) Platycleis sogdiana Mistshenko, 1954
 * 30) †Platycleis speciosa (Heer, 1865)
 * 31) Platycleis trivittata Bey-Bienko, 1951
 * 32) Platycleis turanica Zeuner, 1930
 * 33) Platycleis waltheri Harz, 1966