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Subspecies

Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899

Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899: male, lateral view (holotype of Platycleis escalerai graeca). (Otu).
Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899: male, lateral view (holotype of Platycleis escalerai graeca). (Otu).
Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899: male pronotum and stridulatory area (holotype of Platycleis escalerai graeca). (Otu).
Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899: male titillators (holotype of Platycleis escalerai graeca). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1475703; 910432a5-8eb0-48a0-bdbc-a0be86a441af: male, lateral view (cotype of Platycleis iphigeniae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475703; 910432a5-8eb0-48a0-bdbc-a0be86a441af: male pronotum, lateral view (cotype of Platycleis iphigeniae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475703; 910432a5-8eb0-48a0-bdbc-a0be86a441af: male stridulatory apparatus (cotype of Platycleis iphigeniae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475703; 910432a5-8eb0-48a0-bdbc-a0be86a441af: male cerci (cotype of Platycleis iphigeniae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475703; 910432a5-8eb0-48a0-bdbc-a0be86a441af: labels (cotype of Platycleis iphigeniae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female pronotum, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female pronotum dorsal (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female face (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female ovipositor (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female subgenital plate (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: female subgenital plate (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535152; b1bfa7a8-b368-43c5-ba26-d93a62cbfab9: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583479; f01e9d9f-e1bd-4370-99c6-67be946fcbb1: female GR: Western Greece, Mitikas. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591564; c3b95d02-073c-4b09-89fd-6b436ae4e844: BG: S Black Sea coast, Aleksandrovo - Aheloj vills, female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591564; c3b95d02-073c-4b09-89fd-6b436ae4e844: BG: S Black Sea coast, Aleksandrovo - Aheloj vills, female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591564; c3b95d02-073c-4b09-89fd-6b436ae4e844: BG: S Black Sea coast, Aleksandrovo - Aheloj vills, habitat. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (36)

  • Platycleis escalerai Bolívar, 1899: 603.
  • Chelidoptera escalerai (Bolívar, 1899) in Kirby, 1906: 203.
  • Platycleis escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899 in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 238.
  • Platycleis (Platycleis) escalerai escalerai Bolívar, 1899 in Ünal, 2025: 37.

References (34)

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the Spanish naturalist and entomologist Manuel Martínez de la Escalera (1867- 1949).

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Subspecies10910