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Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853)

Common Modest Bush-cricket
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: ovipositor, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: ovipositor, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532102; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574045; 53feed2f-e023-49dd-abed-99fbff5607ac: female (Montenegro, Durmitor Mts). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574046; aac220db-b996-4838-8fe0-0a6fdb210a58: female (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Raduša Mts). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574047; 859e6edc-0bf0-41c2-9ff7-40fc61d4dbfa: female (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Raduša Mts). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582072; 943a33be-2d3c-4cc2-81e3-909d821279e9: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582072; 943a33be-2d3c-4cc2-81e3-909d821279e9: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582072; 943a33be-2d3c-4cc2-81e3-909d821279e9: male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (24)

  • Platycleis modestus Fieber, 1853: 153.

    Syntype; female; 021bab97-6540-4ecf-bfdf-0493944579a1; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Italy: Trieste

  • Platycleis modesta Fieber, 1853 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 354.
  • Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) in Skejo, Rebrina, Tvrtković, Gomboc & Heller, 2015
  • Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) in Skejo, Rebrina, Szövényi, Puskás & Tvrtković, 2018: 30.

References (24)

  • Fieber, F.X. (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos, Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. Herausgegeben vom naturhistorischen Vereine Lotos in Prag, 3, 90–104, 115–129, 138–154, 168–176, 184–188, 201–207, 232–238, 252–261. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42805#page/108/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
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1900) Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren (Ohrwürmer und Geradflügler) von Österreich-Ungarn und Deutschland. Wien, 148 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0004_0001-0148.pdf
  • Tümpel, R. (1901) Die Geradflügler Mitteleuropas. Eisenach, 308 pp. [1898]
  • Jacobson, G.G. & Bianchi, V.L. (1905) Orthopteroid and Pseudoneuropteroid Insects of Russian Empire and adjacent countries. Devrien Publ., St. Petersburg, i–xii, 1–952, pls 1–25. [1902]
  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 52, 17–52, figs. 1–7. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35140#page/91/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • Csiki, E. (1922) VI. Egyenesszárnyú rovarok. Orthopteren. In Csiki Ernö állattani kutatásai Albániában. Explorationes zoologicae ab E. Csiki in Albania peractae. Budapest. . Vol. 1, 75–82.
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91, 1–50, figs. 1–45.
  • Beier, M. (1955) Die jugoslawischen Arten der Platycleidini (Orthoptera-Tettigoniidae-Decticinae). Academia Scientiarum Et Artium Slovenica: Razprave Dissertationes, 3, 211–252.
  • Cejchan, A. (1963) Ergebnisse der Albanien-Expedition 1961 des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts. Saltatoria. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 13(7-8), 761–796. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/623
  • Adamovic, Ž.R. (1964) Orthopteroides collected in Dubrovnik District, Jugoslavija. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série B 19, 155–188.
  • Miksic, S. (1967) Fauna Orthoptera Bosne i Hercegovine I dio - Tettigonioidea. Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja, 6, 97–124.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Murraj, X., Dino, R. & Alimëhilli, G. (1970) Disa rezultate mbi studimin e faunës së karkalecëve (Saltatoria) të Shqipërisë [Resultats sur la faune des sauterelles (Saltatoria) d’Albanie]. Buletin i Universitetit Shtetëror të Tiranës, Seria shkencat natyrore, 24(3), 137–148. [in Albanian]
  • Miksic, S. (1976) Endeme und relikte Orthopteren auf den Gebirgen Prenj, Čvrsnica und Čabulja. In Wissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen des Bosnisch - herzegovinischen Landesmuseums, Band 6 Heft C - Naturwissenschaft. 107–126 pp.
  • Miksic, S. (1980) Mediteranski oblici u fauni Orthoptera Hercegovine. Godišnjak Biološkog Instituta Univerziteta u Sarajevu, 33, 129–145.
  • Miksic, S. (1981) Mitteleuropäische und mediterrane Orthopteren in der Fauna der Herzegowinisches Karstes. Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica, 17, 65–70.
  • Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2011) Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 2837, 1–47. Available at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02837p047.pdf
  • 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.
  • Pavićević, D., Ivković, S. & Horvat, L. (2014) New and rare species of orthopteroid insects in the fauna of Serbia. Fauna Balkana, 3, 103–122.
  • Skejo, J., Rebrina, F., Tvrtković, N., Gomboc, S. & Heller, K.-G. (2015) More than a century old 'Platycleis Kraussi case' finally resolved (Tettigoniidae: Platycleidini). Zootaxa, 3990(4), 497–524.
  • Skejo, J., Rebrina, F., Szövényi, G., Puskás, G. & Tvrtković, N. (2018) The first annotated checklist of Croatian crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Caelifera). Zootaxa, 4533(1), 1–95.

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