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Subfamily:
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<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D779FF874BB61E1AFD82FBF7" authority="(Linnaeus, 1758)" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[151,615,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Tettigonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridissima">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BB61E1AFE73FBF7" box="[151,406,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Tettigonia viridissima</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874ABF1E65FD82FBF7" bold="true" box="[414,615,1087,1113]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">(Linnaeus,1758)</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D779FF874BB61EDDFEFFFB68" blockId="2.[151,1436,1159,1293]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Fairly widespread but not common. Generally inhabits areas of dense shrubbery and field margins where tall vegetation occurs.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BE61E95FEBCFB47" bold="true" box="[199,345,1231,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Distribution</emphasis>
. Widespread and common across the Palaearctic region, as also in parts of the Middle Eastern and Oriental regions.
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<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D779FF874BB61F05FE1EFAD7" authority="Fieber, 1853" authorityName="Fieber" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,507,1375,1401]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="affinis">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BB61F05FEBEFAD7" box="[151,347,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Platycleis affinis</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874A421F05FE1EFAD7" bold="true" box="[355,507,1375,1401]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Fieber, 1853</emphasis>
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Known from a handful of localities. Further field investigations are needed to shed light on its status. Moreover, fresh material needs to be examined to determine the subspecies that is present on
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.
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BE61FB5FEBCF9A7" bold="true" box="[199,345,1519,1545]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Distribution</emphasis>
. Fairly widespread within the Palaearctic region.
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BB61C01FF44F9DB" bold="true" box="[151,161,1627,1653]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">[</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D779FF874B801C01FD8CF9DB" authority="(Goeze, 1778)" baseAuthorityName="Goeze" baseAuthorityYear="1778" box="[161,617,1627,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albopunctata">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874B801C01FE52F9DB" box="[161,439,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Platycleis albopunctata</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874A9F1C01FD8CF9DB" bold="true" box="[446,617,1627,1653]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">(Goeze, 1778)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF87494B1C01FD97F9DB" bold="true" box="[618,626,1627,1653]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">]</emphasis>
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Two records were reported (
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), comprising two males that were initially identified as
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874FC81CFEFA79F913" box="[1257,1436,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">P. grisea maura</emphasis>
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(see below). The specimens in question, which are deposited in the private collection of one of the authors [LFC], have since been re-examined by all three authors and, on the basis of morphometric and anatomical evidence, these have been assigned to
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874AB21D55FD88F887" box="[403,621,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Platycleis sabulosa</emphasis>
Azam, 1901
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.
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874BB61D21FF44F83B" bold="true" box="[151,161,1915,1941]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">[</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874B801D21FE80F83B" box="[161,357,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">Platycleis grisea</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF874A4C1D21FDA6F83B" bold="true" box="[365,579,1915,1941]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">(Fabricius, 1781)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D779FF8749621D21FDAEF83B" bold="true" box="[579,587,1915,1941]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109">]</emphasis>
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Listed as a new record by
<bibRefCitation id="D9034B20D779FF874AE81D99FCE8F873" author="Schembri, S. P. &amp; Ebejer, M. J." box="[457,781,1987,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="109" pagination="135 - 138" refId="ref8385" refString="Schembri, S. P. &amp; Ebejer, M. J. (1983) A review of the Tettigonidae of the Maltese Islands (Orthoptera). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 115 (8 - 10), 135 - 138." type="journal article" year="1983">Schembri and Ebejer (1983)</bibRefCitation>
, based on two female specimens taken in 1973 and 1976 from
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and Ghadira respectively. Moreover,
<bibRefCitation id="D9034B20D778FF8649E91ACDFC95FF1F" author="Cassar, L. F." box="[712,880,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref7185" refString="Cassar, L. F. (1990 a) Notes on rare and infrequent Orthoptera of the Maltese Islands. Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 2 (1), 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1990">Cassar (1990a)</bibRefCitation>
reported that the two male specimens, listed as
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864EA91ACDFECEFF7B" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. albopunctata</emphasis>
ssp.
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864A451AE1FE48FF7A" box="[356,429,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">maura</emphasis>
Zeuner, 1941
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were initially identified as
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF86485D1AE1FBCBFF7A" box="[892,1070,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. grisea maura</emphasis>
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. However, the BMNH specialist who determined the latter specimens at the time recommended that the keys proposed by
<bibRefCitation id="D9034B20D778FF864FA01A85FAECFF54" author="Harz, K." box="[1153,1289,223,250]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" refId="ref7734" refString="Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas - The Orthoptera of Europe. Vol. I. Dr. W. Junk N. V., The Hague, XX + 749 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2511 - 8" type="book" year="1969">Harz (1969)</bibRefCitation>
be followed, on which basis he assigned them to
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF8649021B59FD37FEB3" box="[547,722,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. albopunctata</emphasis>
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(see above). As in the case of the specimens initially assigned to the previously listed species, the Ghadira specimen (deposited in the Cassar collection) was also re-examined morphometrically and anatomically (terminalia) by the authors and it transpired that the specimen, formerly recorded as
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864BB61B35FF1DFE26" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" box="[151,248,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisea">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB61B35FF1DFE26" box="[151,248,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. grisea</emphasis>
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, is
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864A3E1B35FE1DFE27" authorityName="Azam" authorityYear="1901" box="[287,504,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sabulosa">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864A3E1B35FE1DFE27" box="[287,504,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Platycleis sabulosa</emphasis>
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. The
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specimen, taken in 1973, could not be traced for re-examination. Until new evidence proves otherwise, it is notionally assumed that the records initially pertaining to
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864FE51BC9FAC3FE02" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" box="[1220,1318,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisea">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864FE51BC9FAC3FE02" box="[1220,1318,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. grisea</emphasis>
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were all a case of misidentification.
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<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864BB61879FD3FFD92" authority="intermedia (Serville, 1838)" authorityName="intermedia (Serville" authorityYear="1838" baseAuthorityName="Serville" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[151,730,546,573]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="intermedia" subSpecies="intermedia">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB61879FDFDFD93" box="[151,536,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Platycleis intermedia intermedia</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF86493E1878FD3FFD92" bold="true" box="[543,730,546,572]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">(Serville, 1838)</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61831FD3DFD07" blockId="3.[151,1436,619,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">A fairly widespread species, known from both coastal and inland localities, where it occurs within xeric and mesic biotopes colonized by grasses and dense shrubbery.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BE618E8FEBCFD62" bold="true" box="[199,345,690,716]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Distribution</emphasis>
. Widespread and quite common throughout much of the Palaearctic region.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61945FDF0FC96" blockId="3.[151,533,798,825]" box="[151,533,798,825]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864BB61945FDF0FC96" authority="Azam, 1901" authorityName="Azam" authorityYear="1901" box="[151,533,798,825]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sabulosa">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB61945FE9FFC97" box="[151,378,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Platycleis sabulosa</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864AA31944FDF0FC96" bold="true" box="[386,533,798,824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Azam, 1901</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F588655AD778FF864BB6193CFC3EFBD3" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB6193CFE0CFB98" blockId="3.[151,1437,870,1185]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB6193CFE98FC2E" bold="true" box="[151,381,870,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Material examined</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="C5857641D778FF864AAF193DFE3EFCD1" box="[398,475,871,897]" name="Malta" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">MALTA</collectingCountry>
: Buskett,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF864975193DFD3BFC2F" box="[596,734,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1972-08-01">01.viii.1972</date>
,
<specimenCount id="AB94FD58D778FF8649CC193DFCF5FC2F" box="[749,784,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF864800193DFC4EFC2F" box="[801,939,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1972-08-04">04.viii.1972</date>
,
<specimenCount id="AB94FD58D778FF86489B193DFC38FC2F" box="[954,989,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF8648CF193DFB9DFC2F" box="[1006,1144,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1972-08-09">09.viii.1972</date>
,
<specimenCount id="AB94FD58D778FF864FA6193DFB4CFC2F" box="[1159,1193,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(leg. G. Bonett; det. present authors; in LFC coll.); Ghadira saltmarsh,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF8649E819D1FCA1FC0B" box="[713,836,907,933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1976-06-10">10.vi.1976</date>
,
<specimenCount id="AB94FD58D778FF86486E19D1FC97FC0B" box="[847,882,907,933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(leg. S. P. Schembri; det. present authors; in LFC coll.) [initially determined as
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864AC219F5FC9EFC67" authority="(Schembri &amp; Ebejer 1983)" baseAuthorityName="Schembri &amp; Ebejer" baseAuthorityYear="1983" box="[483,891,942,969]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisea">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864AC219F5FDA0FC66" box="[483,581,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. grisea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D9034B20D778FF86497219F5FC96FC67" author="Schembri, S. P. &amp; Ebejer, M. J." box="[595,883,942,969]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" pagination="135 - 138" refId="ref8385" refString="Schembri, S. P. &amp; Ebejer, M. J. (1983) A review of the Tettigonidae of the Maltese Islands (Orthoptera). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 115 (8 - 10), 135 - 138." type="journal article" year="1983">Schembri &amp; Ebejer 1983</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
];
<date id="C92C1011D778FF8648AF19F5FBFDFC67" box="[910,1048,943,969]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1976-08-03">03.viii.1976</date>
, 1♂ (leg./det. L. F. Cassar; in LFC coll.) [initially determined as
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864ACE1989FCBEFC43" authority="(Cassar 1990 a)" baseAuthorityName="Cassar" baseAuthorityYear="1990" box="[495,859,978,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Platycleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albopunctata">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864ACE1989FD44FC43" box="[495,673,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">P. albopunctata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D9034B20D778FF8649931989FCB6FC43" author="Cassar, L. F." box="[690,851,978,1005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref7185" refString="Cassar, L. F. (1990 a) Notes on rare and infrequent Orthoptera of the Maltese Islands. Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 2 (1), 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1990">Cassar 1990a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
]; Wardija,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF8648F81989FBAFFC43" box="[985,1098,979,1005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1977-05-29">29.v.1977</date>
, 1♂ (leg. C. J. Aquilina; det. present authors; in LFC coll.); White Tower Bay,
<date id="C92C1011D778FF8649EA19ADFCDBFBBF" box="[715,830,1015,1041]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" value="1977-10-10">10.x.1977</date>
, 2♂♂ (leg. L. F. Cassar; 1♂ det. L. F. Cassar/1♂ det. present authors; in LFC coll.).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BE61E65FC3EFBD3" blockId="3.[151,1437,870,1185]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Occurs mainly in coastal locations. While this species tends to prefer arenaceous environments along the littoral, it has also been recorded from sclerophyllous habitats further inland.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F588655AD778FF864BE61EDCFDF3F937" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BE61EDCFBECFB0F" blockId="3.[151,1437,870,1185]" box="[199,1033,1158,1185]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BE61EDCFEBCFB0E" bold="true" box="[199,345,1158,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Distribution</emphasis>
. Parts of the Mediterranean, extending to the Canary Islands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61EA9FD1FFAA2" blockId="3.[151,762,1266,1293]" box="[151,762,1266,1293]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864BB61EA9FD1FFAA2" authority="tessellata (Charpentier, 1825)" authorityName="tessellata (Charpentier" authorityYear="1825" baseAuthorityName="Charpentier" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[151,762,1266,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Tessellana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="tessellata" subSpecies="tessellata">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB61EA9FE1BFAA3" box="[151,510,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Tessellana tessellata tessellata</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF8649271EA8FD1FFAA2" bold="true" box="[518,762,1266,1292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">(Charpentier, 1825)</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61F61FD22FAD7" blockId="3.[151,1436,1339,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
A fairly common species, typical of low grass steppe such as Mediterranean xeric and subnitrophilous grassland communities dominated by
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864AEE1F05FD22FAD7" authority="Thunb." authorityName="Thunb." box="[463,711,1375,1401]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864AEE1F05FD95FAD6" box="[463,624,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Stipa capensis</emphasis>
Thunb.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BE61FD8FBEBFA33" blockId="3.[151,1436,1339,1437]" box="[199,1038,1410,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BE61FD8FEBCFA32" bold="true" box="[199,345,1410,1436]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Distribution</emphasis>
. Pan-Mediterranean species, extending to the Canary Islands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61FB5FDC2F9A6" blockId="3.[151,551,1518,1545]" box="[151,551,1518,1545]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<taxonomicName id="7A924D52D778FF864BB61FB5FDC2F9A6" authority="Fieber, 1853" authorityName="Fieber" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,551,1518,1545]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Rhacocleis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BB61FB5FE62F9A7" box="[151,391,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Rhacocleis annulata</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864AAE1FB4FDC2F9A6" bold="true" box="[399,551,1518,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Fieber, 1853</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BB61C6DFAE8F9FF" blockId="3.[151,1436,1591,1689]" box="[151,1293,1591,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Relatively common within vegetation comprising tall grasses, particularly andropogonid grass steppe.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD2D36D1D778FF864BE61C00FDF3F937" blockId="3.[151,1436,1591,1689]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="8FE6EAC3D778FF864BE61C00FEBCF9DA" bold="true" box="[199,345,1626,1652]" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Distribution</emphasis>
. Common in
<collectingRegion id="7F56F833D778FF864AD51C01FDD3F9DB" box="[500,566,1627,1653]" country="Italy" name="Sicilia" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Sicily</collectingRegion>
, with scattered records in southern
<collectingCountry id="C5857641D778FF8648E21C01FC1FF9DB" box="[963,1018,1627,1653]" name="Italy" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">Italy</collectingCountry>
; the species is also present in
<collectingCountry id="C5857641D778FF864E681C01FA7DF9DB" box="[1353,1432,1627,1653]" name="France" pageId="3" pageNumber="110">France</collectingCountry>
, where it was probably introduced.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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