Tessellana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by Zeuner in 1941.[1] Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.[2]

Tessellana
Tessellana tessellata
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
Zeuner, 1941

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] 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

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