Metaplastes is a genus of southern European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini.[1]

Metaplastes
Adult of Metaplastes pulchripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Metaplastes
(Ramme, 1939)

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]

  1. Metaplastes ippolitoi La Greca, 1948
  2. Metaplastes oertzeni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) - type species
  3. Metaplastes ornatus (Ramme, 1931)
  4. Metaplastes pulchripennis (A. Costa, 1863)

References

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  1. ^ *Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 3 July 2022)
  2. ^ Biolib