Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853 is a animal in the Tettigoniidae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853

Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853

Platycleis affinis is a Southern European bush cricket with testes that make up 14% of its total body weight.

Family
Genus
Platycleis
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853

Platycleis affinis, scientifically named Platycleis affinis Fieber, 1853, is an insect species. It is classified in the subfamily Tettigoniinae, within the family Tettigoniidae. This species is distributed in Southern Europe. Research led by Karim Vahed discovered that the testes of this bush cricket make up 14% of its total body weight.

Photo: (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gilles San Martin · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Platycleis

More from Tettigoniidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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