Platycleis affinis affinis Fieber, 1853

Alexiou, Sotiris, 2017, New distribution records of Orthoptera of Greece, Journal of Orthoptera Research 26 (1), pp. 53-63 : 55

Platycleis affinis affinis Fieber, 1853

Distribution

Kiklades: Andros, 18 VI 2015, 2♀. Figs 7A , 8A .

New for Kiklades. This circum-Mediterranean subspecies is common on mainland Greece. It has also been recorded from Kriti and few island. On Andros it was found by the road to Chora, on short grass. This is the second member of this genus recorded from Kiklades, after P. intermedia intermedia (Serville, 1839), which is common in this area ( Willemse 1984).

Figures

Figure 7. A. Platycleis affinis affinis, female, Kiklades, Andros (scale bar: 10 mm), B. Platycleis grisea, female, Mt. Kitheron (scale bar: 10 mm), C. Platycleis escalerai escalerai, female, Attiki, Vravrona (scale bar: 10 mm), D. Incertana incerta, female, Attiki, Vravrona (scale bar: 5 mm).

Figure 8. Female, VII and VI sternites, subgenital plate and ovipositor, lateral view A. Platycleis affinis affinis (scale bar: 10 mm), B. Platycleis grisea (scale bar: 5 mm), C. Platycleis escalerai escalerai (scale bar: 5 mm), D. Incertana incerta, (scale bar: 2 mm).