Platystolus Explained

Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.^[1] To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian peninsula.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Platystolus martinezii (Bolívar, 1873)
2. Platystolus surcularius (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger surcularius Bolívar)

Note: other species have been included in this genus,^[3] but may be misplaced.^[2]

External links

• Images at iNaturalist

Notes and References

1. Bolívar I (1878) Analecta Orthopterologica. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 450. (available at Biblioteca digital).
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1132402 Orthoptera Species File: genus Platystolus Bolívar, 1878 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id272933/ BioLib.cz: genus Platystolus (retrieved 9 January 2023)