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Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853)

Transionian Bright Bush-cricket
CollectionObject 1536633; CH1485, 916f8d3d-d614-4fea-ae09-b07502e93f20: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536633; CH1485, 916f8d3d-d614-4fea-ae09-b07502e93f20: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536634; aceaa264-b3db-4820-9817-1ac7f0341121, CH1487: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536635; a7265eea-52aa-428e-81ba-8abdee155659, CH2395: male, dorso-lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536635; a7265eea-52aa-428e-81ba-8abdee155659, CH2395: male, dorso-lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536635; a7265eea-52aa-428e-81ba-8abdee155659, CH2395: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583508; 2b694798-da47-4b8a-9cc1-25bb0fb7e840: female (GR: Western Greece, Koutsoroumpas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583509; 741035e6-fd39-4585-bc49-591069f67782: male (GR: Western Greece, Mitikas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583510; e4f53f38-9437-466d-b116-db248ebfbdf4: male (GR: Peloponnese, Lagkadia). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Odontura laevissima Fischer, 1853: 225.

    Holotype; male; NMW No. 10729; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Messina

  • Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 48.
  • Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853) in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 170.
  • Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853) in Borissov, Bobeva, Çıplak & Chobanov, 2020: 817.

References (19)

  • Fischer, L.H. (1853) Orthoptera Europaea. sumtibus G. Engelmann, Leipzig, 454 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=fV3nAAAAMAAJ
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig, XXXII + 466 pp., XI tab. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=35024
  • Griffini, A. (1897) Imenotteri, neurotteri, pseudoneurotteri, ortotteri e rincoti italiani. Ulrico Hoepli, Milano, i-xv, 1–687 [Orthoptera 328–408]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78812
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Ramme, W. (1933) Revision der Phaneropterinen-Gattung Poecilimon Fisch. (Orth. Tettigon.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 19, 497–575.
  • Ramme, W. (1939) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Orthopterenfauna (Tettig. u. Acrid.) III. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 24, 41–150, pl. 3.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Messina, A., Ippolito, S. & Lombardo, F. (1975) Cariologia di alcune specie Europee di Phaneropterinae (Insecta, Orthoptera). Animalia (Catania), 2, 215–224.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1977) Interesting distribution records of Orthoptera from the Greek mainland and some neighbouring islands. Entomologische Berichten, 37(4), 52–59. Available at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1013232
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1982) A survey of the Greek species of Poecilimon Fischer (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Phaneropterinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 125(6), 155–203. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89572#page/189/mode/1up
  • Heller, K.-G. (1988) Bioakustik der europäischen Laubheuschrecken. In Ökologie in Forschung und Anwendung. J. Margraf, Weikersheim. Vol. 1, 1–358 pp.
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.
  • Fontana, P. & Buzzetti, F.M. (2004) Biogeographical considerations on some Mediterranean Phaneropteridae and description of a new genus and a new species from South Africa (Orthoptera). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 82(2), 441–468.
  • McCartney, J. & Heller, K.-G. (2008) A preliminary analysis of mate choice in a bush cricket (Poecilimon laevissimus: Tettigoniidae) suggests virginity is more important than body size. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(2), 227–230. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.227
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna, Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Strauß, J., Lehmann, A.W. & Lehmann, G.U.C. (2014) Sensory evolution of hearing in tettigoniids with differing communication systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(1), 200–213. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12294/pdf
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2018) The Grasshoppers of Greece. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 440 pp.
  • Borissov, S.B., Bobeva, A., Çıplak, B. & Chobanov, D.P. (2020) Evolution of Poecilimon jonicus group (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): a history linked to the Aegean Neogene paleogeography. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 20, 803–819. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-020-00466-9

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