Metrioptera
Genus of cricket-like animals
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Metrioptera[1] is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae, include the bog and meadow bush crickets. They are found in Eurasia.[2][3]
| Metrioptera | |
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| Metrioptera brachyptera male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Platycleidini |
| Genus: | Metrioptera Wesmaël, 1838 |
Taxonomy
Genus group Metrioptera
A number of Palaearctic and North American genera are very similar, and were grouped here in F.E. Zeuner's revision.[4][5] They are:
- Bicolorana Zeuner, 1941
- Metrioptera Wesmaël, 1838
- Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941
- Sphagniana Zeuner, 1941 - Canada and NE Asia
- Zeuneriana Ramme, 1951
Species
The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]
- Metrioptera ambigua Pfau, 1986
- Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761) - type species (as Gryllus brachypterus L.)
- Metrioptera buyssoni (Saulcy, 1887)
- Metrioptera caprai Baccetti, 1956
- Metrioptera hoermanni (Werner, 1906)
- Metrioptera karnyana Uvarov, 1924
- Metrioptera maritima Olmo-Vidal, 1992
- Metrioptera prenjica (Burr, 1899)
- Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872)
- Metrioptera tsirojanni Harz & Pfau, 1983
