Modestana Explained

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.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists the following accepted species:

1. Modestana ebneri (Ramme, 1926)
2. 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]

Notes and References

1. Beier M (1955) Die jugoslawischen Arten der Platycleidini (Orthoptera-Tettigoniidae-Decticinae). Academia Scientiarum Et Artium Slovenica: Razprave Dissertationes 3: 211–252.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1142301 Orthoptera Species File: genus Modestana Beier, 1955 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
3. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1142307 Orthoptera Species File: species Bicolorana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900)