Metrioptera


Metrioptera is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae, include the bog and meadow bush crickets. They are found in Eurasia.

Taxonomy

Genus group ''Metrioptera''

A number of Palaearctic and North American genera are very similar, and were grouped here in F.E. Zeuner's revision. They are:
  1. Bicolorana Zeuner, 1941
  2. Metrioptera Wesmaël, 1838
  3. Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941
  4. Sphagniana Zeuner, 1941 - Canada and NE Asia
  5. Zeuneriana Ramme, 1951

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:
  1. Metrioptera ambigua Pfau, 1986
  2. Metrioptera brachyptera - type species
  3. Metrioptera buyssoni
  4. Metrioptera caprai Baccetti, 1956
  5. Metrioptera hoermanni
  6. Metrioptera karnyana Uvarov, 1924
  7. Metrioptera maritima Olmo-Vidal, 1992
  8. Metrioptera prenjica
  9. Metrioptera saussuriana
  10. Metrioptera tsirojanni Harz & Pfau, 1983