Poecilimon[1] is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in: central and Southeast Europe (including Italy and the Southern Alps, Southern Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria), the south of the European part of the former USSR, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus, Persia and extends in Central Asia to the Altai Mountains.[2][3]

Poecilimon
Poecilimon jonicus male: the "Ionian Bright Bush-cricket"
Poecilimon thoracicus female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Poecilimon
Fischer, 1853
Synonyms

For subgenus Poecilimon:

  • Artvinia Karabag, 1962
  • Eupoecilimon Tarbinsky, 1932
  • Micrimon Ramme, 1942
  • Parapoecilimon Karabag, 1975
  • Poecilimonella Uvarov, 1921

Description

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Because Poecilimon species are often brightly coloured, they may be called "bright bush crickets", although some are mostly green. As with many Orthoptera, colouration can be misleading, with variability within species. Often there is a stripe behind the eyes, dorsally dark and can extend beyond the pronotum.[4] The fastigium is broader to narrower than the scapus. The pronotum is often shiny, smooth, and often rounded dorsally. These insects are often brachypterous and females can be apterous. In the males, the cerci are very different, but are always more or less conical in the females. The ovipositor is always straight and slightly curved upwards and serrated. The antennae are monochrome or ringed and about three times as long as the body.

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] now lists more than 140 species:

subgenus Hamatopoecilimon Heller, 2011
  1. Poecilimon deplanatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  2. Poecilimon hamatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  3. Poecilimon ikariensis Willemse, 1982
  4. Poecilimon klausgerhardi Fontana, 2004
  5. Poecilimon paros Heller & Reinhold, 1992
  6. Poecilimon unispinosus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

subgenus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

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species group ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon amissus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  2. Poecilimon ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  3. Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 1999
  4. Poecilimon ebneri Ramme, 1933
  5. Poecilimon glandifer Karabag, 1950
  6. Poecilimon intermedius (Fieber, 1853)
  7. Poecilimon marmaraensis Naskrecki, 1991
species group armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921)
  1. Poecilimon armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921)
  2. Poecilimon eskishehirensis Ünal, 2003
  3. Poecilimon excisus Karabag, 1950
  4. Poecilimon ferwillemsei Ünal, 2010
  5. Poecilimon harveyi Karabag, 1964
  6. Poecilimon haydari Ramme, 1951
  7. Poecilimon inopinatus Ünal, 2010
  8. Poecilimon karabagi (Ramme, 1942)
species group bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon athos Tilmans, Willemse & Willemse, 1989
  2. Poecilimon bidens Retowski, 1889
  3. Poecilimon bischoffi Ramme, 1933
  4. Poecilimon bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  5. Poecilimon canakkale Kaya, Chobanov & Çiplak, 2015
  6. Poecilimon cervus Karabag, 1950
  7. Poecilimon demirsoyi Sevgili, 2001
  8. Poecilimon diversus Ünal, 2010
  9. Poecilimon djakonovi Miram, 1938
  10. Poecilimon geoktschajcus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910
  11. Poecilimon heinrichi (Ramme, 1951)
  12. Poecilimon istanbul Ünal, 2010
  13. Poecilimon kocaki Ünal, 1999
  14. Poecilimon miramae Ramme, 1933
  15. Poecilimon naskrecki Ünal, 2001
  16. Poecilimon oligacanthus Miram, 1938
  17. Poecilimon pliginskii Miram, 1929
  18. Poecilimon roseoviridis Chobanov & Kaya, 2012
  19. Poecilimon scythicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
  20. Poecilimon similis Retowski, 1889
  21. Poecilimon sureyanus Uvarov, 1930
  22. Poecilimon tauricus Retowski, 1888
  23. Poecilimon turciae (Ramme, 1951)
  24. Poecilimon turcicus Karabag, 1950
  25. Poecilimon warchalowskae Chobanov, Kaya & Çiplak, 2015
species group celebi Karabag, 1953
  1. Poecilimon celebi Karabag, 1953
  2. Poecilimon iucundus Ünal, 2003
species group concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon cervoides Karabag, 1964
  2. Poecilimon concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  3. Poecilimon hatti Ünal, 2004
  4. Poecilimon longicercus Ünal, 2010
  5. Poecilimon xenocercus Karabag, 1956
species group davisi Karabag, 1953
  1. Poecilimon davisi Karabag, 1953
species group elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon albolineatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
  2. Poecilimon elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
species group heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
  1. Poecilimon bifenestratus Miram, 1929
  2. Poecilimon heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
  3. Poecilimon tricuspis Miram, 1926
  4. Poecilimon tschorochensis Adelung, 1907
species group inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  1. Poecilimon antalyaensis (Karabag, 1975)
  2. Poecilimon bilgeri Karabag, 1953
  3. Poecilimon cretensis Werner, 1903
  4. Poecilimon inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  5. Poecilimon isopterus Kaya & Chobanov, 2018
  6. Poecilimon martinae Heller, 2004
species group jonicus (Fieber, 1853)
  1. Poecilimon erimanthos Willemse & Heller, 1992
  2. Poecilimon jonicus (Fieber, 1853)type species (as Barbitistes jonicus Fieber = P. jonicus jonicus)
  3. Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853)
  4. Poecilimon tessellatus (Fischer, 1853)
  5. Poecilimon werneri Ramme, 1933
species group luschani Ramme, 1933
  1. Poecilimon egrigozi Ünal, 2005
  2. Poecilimon helleri Boztepe, Kaya & Çiplak, 2013
  3. Poecilimon ledereri Ramme, 1933
  4. Poecilimon luschani Ramme, 1933
  5. Poecilimon orbelicus Pančić, 1883
  6. Poecilimon tuncayi Karabag, 1953
species group minutus Karabag, 1975
  1. Poecilimon doga Ünal, 2004
  2. Poecilimon karakushi Ünal, 2003
  3. Poecilimon minutus Karabag, 1975
  4. Poecilimon solus Ünal, 2010
species group ornatus (Schmidt, 1850)
  1. Poecilimon affinis (Frivaldszky, 1868)
  2. Poecilimon artedentatus Heller, 1984
  3. Poecilimon gracilioides Willemse & Heller, 1992
  4. Poecilimon gracilis (Fieber, 1853)
  5. Poecilimon hoelzeli Harz, 1966
  6. Poecilimon jablanicensis Chobanov & Heller, 2010
  7. Poecilimon nobilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  8. Poecilimon nonveilleri Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
  9. Poecilimon obesus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  10. Poecilimon ornatus (Schmidt, 1850)
  11. Poecilimon pindos Willemse, 1982
  12. Poecilimon pseudornatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
  13. Poecilimon soulion Willemse, 1987
species group pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  1. Poecilimon kutahiensis Werner, 1901
  2. Poecilimon pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
species group propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon aegaeus Werner, 1932
  2. Poecilimon chopardi Ramme, 1933
  3. Poecilimon gerlindae Lehmann, Willemse & Heller, 2006
  4. Poecilimon mariannae Willemse & Heller, 1992
  5. Poecilimon propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  6. Poecilimon thessalicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  7. Poecilimon veluchianus Ramme, 1933
  8. Poecilimon zimmeri Ramme, 1933
species group sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  1. Poecilimon lodosi Harz, 1975
  2. Poecilimon mytilenensis Werner, 1932
  3. Poecilimon pulcher Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  4. Poecilimon sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
species group syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  1. Poecilimon adentatus Ramme, 1933
  2. Poecilimon angulatus Uvarov, 1939
  3. Poecilimon ege Ünal, 2005
  4. Poecilimon ersisi Salman, 1978
  5. Poecilimon izmirensis Ramme, 1933
  6. Poecilimon karabukensis Ünal, 2003
  7. Poecilimon obtusicercus Heller, Sevgili & Reinhold, 2008
  8. Poecilimon serratus Karabag, 1962
  9. Poecilimon syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  10. Poecilimon toros Ünal, 2003
species group zonatus Bolívar, 1899
  1. Poecilimon azizsancar Sevgili, 2018
  2. Poecilimon ciplaki Kaya, 2018
  3. Poecilimon isozonatus Kaya, 2018
  4. Poecilimon salmani Sevgili, 2018
  5. Poecilimon tauricola Ramme, 1951
  6. Poecilimon varicornis (Haan, 1843)
  7. Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938
  8. Poecilimon vodnensis Karaman, 1958
  9. Poecilimon zonatus Bolívar, 1899
species group not assigned
  1. Poecilimon brunneri (Frivaldszky, 1868)
  2. Poecilimon chostae Stshelkanovtzev, 1935
  3. Poecilimon distinctus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910
  4. Poecilimon flavescens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
  5. Poecilimon fussii Fieber, 1878
  6. Poecilimon guichardi Karabag, 1964
  7. Poecilimon hadjisarandou Werner, 1938
  8. Poecilimon lateralis (Fieber, 1853)
  9. Poecilimon macedonicus Ramme, 1926
  10. Poecilimon neglectus Ramme, 1931
  11. Poecilimon nivalis Chobanov, 2023
  12. Poecilimon pechevi Andreeva, 1978
  13. Poecilimon schmidtii (Fieber, 1853)
  14. Poecilimon stschelkanovzevi Tarbinsky, 1932
  15. Poecilimon thoracicus (Fieber, 1853)
  16. Poecilimon ukrainicus Bey-Bienko, 1951
  17. Poecilimon zwicki Ramme, 1939

References

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  1. ^ Fischer (1853) Orthoptera Europaea 227. (available at books.google.com)
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2023)
  3. ^ Storozhenko (2004) Long-horned orthopterans (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Asiatic part of Russia [in Russian] 67.
  4. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden 37. (early key to species)
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