Biology:Vichetia
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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Platycleidini |
| Genus: | Vichetia Harz, 1969 |
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Vichetia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Vichetia) by K. Harz in 1969[1] and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011: belonging to neither the Metrioptera nor the Platycleis genus groups.[2]
Species have been recorded from eastern Europe, with most records from the Balkans through to Romania and Bulgaria.[3]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists the following accepted species:
- Vichetia knipperi (Ramme, 1951)
- Vichetia oblongicollis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) - type species (as Platycleis oblongicollis Brunner von Wattenwyl)
References
- ↑ Harz K (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica 5: 286, 306.
- ↑ Massa & Fontana (2011) Zootaxa 2837: 16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orthoptera Species File: genus Vichetia Harz, 1969 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14514693 entry
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