Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey with key to genera and descriptions of six new species Author Ünal, Mustafa text Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-08 4432 1 1 66 journal article 29143 10.11646/zootaxa.4432.1.1 9f63aafe-4b6d-402b-aae1-602c2c83c1f4 1175-5326 1455946 D44C8383-4070-44B6-91CE-4A0940A0F094 Platycleidini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 syn. confirmed Remarks. Storozhenko et al. (2015 : 77) synonymized the tribe Platycleidini Brunner with Decticini Herman because of the absence of significant characters. So indeed, the only important difference of the type genus of Decticini , Decticus Serville , from the type genus of the tribe Platycleidini , Platycleis Fieber , is the fore tibia with 4 dorsal spines on the outside (in Platycleis , fore tibia with 3 dorsal spines on the outside as a usual character in many other genera also belong to the other tribes). But Decticus shares this character with some genera which are not close relatives such as Psorodonotus Brunner , Bucephaloptera Ebner , Festella Giglio-Tos (see the key to genera above). The only close relative of Decticus is the genus Medecticus Uvarov. Therefore I agree that Platycleidini is a synonym of Decticini .