Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae) Author Massa, Bruno Author Fontana, Paolo text Zootaxa 2011 2837 1 47 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.296570 51d302cc-a68c-4c73-a2a1-37d9f48af87c 1175-5326 296570 6) Pravdiniana Sergeev et Pokivajlov, 1992 ( Figs. 20 , 77, 81) Characters . Pronotum moderately elongated, dorsally weakly depressed, with indistinct lateral keels, median keel raised on metazona; humeral excision absent. Ƥ subgenital plate elongated, with two lobes separated by a wide furrow; ovipositor short, its length is twice pronotum, curved at base at obtuse angle, ca. ½ hind femur; Ƥ VI–VII th sternites modified; hind femora/pronotum length Ƥ: 3.2–3.5; 3 unknown. Colour of lateral lobes of the pronotum is grayish bordered with a whitish stripe. Remarks . The only species known is squamipterous. The shape of the pronotum, ovipositor and Ƥ subgenital plate are very characteristic; only one species has been described from Tajikistan , of which only the female is known ( Sergeev & Pokivajlov 1992 ). Distribution . Tajikistan . Note. This genus was named after the Russian orthopterist G.N. Pravdin. Number of species known (after Eades et al. 2010 ): 1) mira Sergeev et Pokivajlov, 1992 ( type species). 7) Modestana Beier, 1955 ( Figs. 6 , 56 , 97 , 109) Characters . Head just larger than long, ratio maximum width/length of head (from vertex to clipeus): 1.1–1.2. Macropterous to squamipterous, pronotum rounded, humeral excision absent, keel not evident; Ƥ subgenital plate smooth with a deep excision of the hind margin; ovipositor whitish, long and gently curved upwards; Ƥ VI–VII th sternites not modified; hind femora/pronotum length 3: 3.8–4.0, Ƥ 3.8–4.1; 3 X th tergite with two pointed processes, separated by a wide incision, cerci apically flattened. Titillators slender and smooth. Colour of lateral lobes of the pronotum is blackish bordered with a white stripe. Distribution . From Balkan peninsula to Italy . Number of species known (after Eades et al. 2010 ): 3: 1) ebneri (Ramme, 1926) ; 2) kraussi (Padewieth, 1900) ; 3) modesta (Fieber, 1853) ( type species).