Metaplastes pulchripennis

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Metaplastes pulchripennis
Metaplastes pulchripennis, dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Metaplastes
Species:
M. pulchripennis
Binomial name
Metaplastes pulchripennis
(A. Costa, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Odontura pulchripennis Costa, A., 1863[1]

Metaplastes pulchripennis, common name Italian ornate bush-cricket, is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. [2][3]

This species is present in mainland of Italy, in northern Sardinia, in Corsica, in northern Sicily and in northeastern Spain.[4] It mainly inhabits woodlands along rivers, forest edges and flower-rich grasslands. [5][6]

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