Modestana
Modestana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by M. Beier in 1955.[1] Species can be found in South-eastern Europe, with most records from Italy, the Balkans and Greece.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Platycleidini |
| Genus: | Modestana Beier, 1955 |
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Species
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following accepted species:
- Modestana ebneri (Ramme, 1926)
- Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) - type species (as Platycleis modestus Fieber)
Note: Modestana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900), the Croatian Meadow Bush-cricket, should now be placed in Bicolorana.[3]
References
- Beier M (1955) Die jugoslawischen Arten der Platycleidini (Orthoptera-Tettigoniidae-Decticinae). Academia Scientiarum Et Artium Slovenica: Razprave Dissertationes 3: 211–252.
- Orthoptera Species File: genus Modestana Beier, 1955 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
- Orthoptera Species File: species Bicolorana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900)
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