Genus of cricket-like animals
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]
Description
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
The Orthoptera Species File [ 2] now lists more than 140 species:
subgenus Hamatopoecilimon Heller, 2011
Poecilimon deplanatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon hamatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon ikariensis Willemse, 1982
Poecilimon klausgerhardi Fontana, 2004
Poecilimon paros Heller & Reinhold, 1992
Poecilimon unispinosus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
subgenus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853
species group ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon amissus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon ampliatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 1999
Poecilimon ebneri Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon glandifer Karabag, 1950
Poecilimon intermedius (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon marmaraensis Naskrecki, 1991
species group armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921)
Poecilimon armeniacus (Uvarov, 1921)
Poecilimon eskishehirensis Ünal, 2003
Poecilimon excisus Karabag, 1950
Poecilimon ferwillemsei Ünal, 2010
Poecilimon harveyi Karabag, 1964
Poecilimon haydari Ramme, 1951
Poecilimon inopinatus Ünal, 2010
Poecilimon karabagi (Ramme, 1942)
species group bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon athos Tilmans, Willemse & Willemse, 1989
Poecilimon bidens Retowski, 1889
Poecilimon bischoffi Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon canakkale Kaya, Chobanov & Çiplak, 2015
Poecilimon cervus Karabag, 1950
Poecilimon demirsoyi Sevgili, 2001
Poecilimon diversus Ünal, 2010
Poecilimon djakonovi Miram, 1938
Poecilimon geoktschajcus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910
Poecilimon heinrichi (Ramme, 1951)
Poecilimon istanbul Ünal, 2010
Poecilimon kocaki Ünal, 1999
Poecilimon miramae Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon naskrecki Ünal, 2001
Poecilimon oligacanthus Miram, 1938
Poecilimon pliginskii Miram, 1929
Poecilimon roseoviridis Chobanov & Kaya, 2012
Poecilimon scythicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
Poecilimon similis Retowski, 1889
Poecilimon sureyanus Uvarov, 1930
Poecilimon tauricus Retowski, 1888
Poecilimon turciae (Ramme, 1951)
Poecilimon turcicus Karabag, 1950
Poecilimon warchalowskae Chobanov, Kaya & Çiplak, 2015
species group celebi Karabag, 1953
Poecilimon celebi Karabag, 1953
Poecilimon iucundus Ünal, 2003
species group concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon cervoides Karabag, 1964
Poecilimon concinnus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon hatti Ünal, 2004
Poecilimon longicercus Ünal, 2010
Poecilimon xenocercus Karabag, 1956
species group davisi Karabag, 1953
Poecilimon davisi Karabag, 1953
species group elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon albolineatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
Poecilimon elegans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
species group heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
Poecilimon bifenestratus Miram, 1929
Poecilimon heroicus Stshelkanovtzev, 1911
Poecilimon tricuspis Miram, 1926
Poecilimon tschorochensis Adelung, 1907
species group inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon antalyaensis (Karabag, 1975)
Poecilimon bilgeri Karabag, 1953
Poecilimon cretensis Werner, 1903
Poecilimon inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon isopterus Kaya & Chobanov, 2018
Poecilimon martinae Heller, 2004
species group jonicus (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon erimanthos Willemse & Heller, 1992
Poecilimon jonicus (Fieber, 1853) – type species (as Barbitistes jonicus Fieber = P. jonicus jonicus )
Poecilimon laevissimus (Fischer, 1853)
Poecilimon tessellatus (Fischer, 1853)
Poecilimon werneri Ramme, 1933
species group luschani Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon egrigozi Ünal, 2005
Poecilimon helleri Boztepe, Kaya & Çiplak, 2013
Poecilimon ledereri Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon luschani Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon orbelicus Pančić, 1883
Poecilimon tuncayi Karabag, 1953
species group minutus Karabag, 1975
Poecilimon doga Ünal, 2004
Poecilimon karakushi Ünal, 2003
Poecilimon minutus Karabag, 1975
Poecilimon solus Ünal, 2010
species group ornatus (Schmidt, 1850)
Poecilimon affinis (Frivaldszky, 1868)
Poecilimon artedentatus Heller, 1984
Poecilimon gracilioides Willemse & Heller, 1992
Poecilimon gracilis (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon hoelzeli Harz, 1966
Poecilimon jablanicensis Chobanov & Heller, 2010
Poecilimon nobilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon nonveilleri Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
Poecilimon obesus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon ornatus (Schmidt, 1850)
Poecilimon pindos Willemse, 1982
Poecilimon pseudornatus Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010
Poecilimon soulion Willemse, 1987
species group pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon kutahiensis Werner, 1901
Poecilimon pergamicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
species group propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon aegaeus Werner, 1932
Poecilimon chopardi Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon gerlindae Lehmann, Willemse & Heller, 2006
Poecilimon mariannae Willemse & Heller, 1992
Poecilimon propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon thessalicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon veluchianus Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon zimmeri Ramme, 1933
species group sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Poecilimon lodosi Harz, 1975
Poecilimon mytilenensis Werner, 1932
Poecilimon pulcher Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon sanctipauli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
species group syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon adentatus Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon angulatus Uvarov, 1939
Poecilimon ege Ünal, 2005
Poecilimon ersisi Salman, 1978
Poecilimon izmirensis Ramme, 1933
Poecilimon karabukensis Ünal, 2003
Poecilimon obtusicercus Heller, Sevgili & Reinhold, 2008
Poecilimon serratus Karabag, 1962
Poecilimon syriacus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Poecilimon toros Ünal, 2003
species group zonatus Bolívar, 1899
Poecilimon azizsancar Sevgili, 2018
Poecilimon ciplaki Kaya, 2018
Poecilimon isozonatus Kaya, 2018
Poecilimon salmani Sevgili, 2018
Poecilimon tauricola Ramme, 1951
Poecilimon varicornis (Haan, 1843)
Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938
Poecilimon vodnensis Karaman, 1958
Poecilimon zonatus Bolívar, 1899
species group not assigned
Poecilimon brunneri (Frivaldszky, 1868)
Poecilimon chostae Stshelkanovtzev, 1935
Poecilimon distinctus Stshelkanovtzev, 1910
Poecilimon flavescens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
Poecilimon fussii Fieber, 1878
Poecilimon guichardi Karabag, 1964
Poecilimon hadjisarandou Werner, 1938
Poecilimon lateralis (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon macedonicus Ramme, 1926
Poecilimon neglectus Ramme, 1931
Poecilimon nivalis Chobanov, 2023
Poecilimon pechevi Andreeva, 1978
Poecilimon schmidtii (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon stschelkanovzevi Tarbinsky, 1932
Poecilimon thoracicus (Fieber, 1853)
Poecilimon ukrainicus Bey-Bienko, 1951
Poecilimon zwicki Ramme, 1939
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