Vichetia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Vichetia) by K. Harz in 1969[1] and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011: belonging to neither the Metrioptera nor the Platycleis genus groups.[2]

Vichetia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Vichetia
Harz, 1969
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Species have been recorded from eastern Europe, with most records from the Balkans through to Romania and Bulgaria.[3]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Vichetia knipperi (Ramme, 1951)
  2. Vichetia oblongicollis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) - type species (as Platycleis oblongicollis Brunner von Wattenwyl)

References

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  1. ^ Harz K (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica 5: 286, 306.
  2. ^ Massa & Fontana (2011) Zootaxa 2837: 16.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Vichetia Harz, 1969 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
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