''Tessellana'' is a genus of
bush crickets in the tribe
Platycleidini
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush cricke ...
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genus group ''Platycleis'', erected by Zeuner in 1941.
[Zeuner (1941) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 91: 36.] Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''[Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Tessellana'' Zeuner, 1941 (retrieved 28 April 2023)]
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#''Tessellana carinata
''Tessellana'' is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group ''Platycleis'', erected by Zeuner in 1941.Zeuner (1941) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 91: 36. Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middl ...
'' Berland & Chopard, 1922
#''Tessellana lagrecai
''Tessellana lagrecai'', known as La Greca's slender bush-cricket, is a species of bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Described by Messina in 1979, the species is found in grasslands and shrublands in Sicily, Italy. It is considered a vul ...
'' Messina, 1979
#''Tessellana nigrosignata
''Tessellana'' is a genus of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, genus group ''Platycleis'', erected by Zeuner in 1941.Zeuner (1941) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 91: 36. Species can be found ...
'' Costa, 1863
#''Tessellana orina
''Tessellana'' is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group ''Platycleis'', erected by Zeuner in 1941.Zeuner (1941) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 91: 36. Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middl ...
'' Burr, 1899
#''Tessellana tessellata
''Tessellana tessellata'' known as the brown-spotted bush-cricket is a European and North African insect in the tribe Platycleidini (Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America ...
'' (Charpentier, 1825) - type species (as ''Locusta tessellata'' Charpentier = ''T. t. tessellata'', one of 2 subspecies)
#''Tessellana veyseli
''Tessellana'' is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group ''Platycleis'', erected by Zeuner in 1941.Zeuner (1941) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 91: 36. Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middl ...
'' Koçak, 1984
References
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Orthoptera of Europe
Ensifera genera
Tettigoniidae