Poecilimon propinquus
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| Pictured on Daphne bushes, Mount Cithaeron, 2017. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Tribe: | Barbitistini |
| Genus: | Poecilimon |
| Species: | P. propinquus
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| Binomial name | |
| Poecilimon propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
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Poecilimon propinquus is a species of leaf katydid endemic to southeastern Greece.
Classification
The species was described under its present name by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878, in his Monographie der Pheneropteriden.[1] The type specimen is stored at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, with the type coming from Hymettus.[2] P. propinquus is part of the eponymous Poecilimon propinquus group, a monophyletic clade of Poecilimon species endemic to Greece.[3]
Distribution
In his original description, von Wattenwyl noted it was found at Parnassus, Athens, and Syra.[4] It is now understood to be distributed in much of southeastern Greece: at Kymi and Chalcis on the island of Euboea; through most of Attica, including Athens; in the northeastern Peloponnese region, around Corinth and Galatás; in inland Phthiotis and in Boeotia around Mount Cithaeron; and the islands of Makronisos, Alonnisos, and Aegina.[1][2] The katydids can be found living on plants of the genera Daphne, Euphorbia (spurge), Platanus (plane trees), Sanguisorba (burnet), and Verbascum (mullein).[2][5]
References
- ^ a b "Poecilimon propinquus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ^ a b c Harz, Kurt [in German] (1969). Die Orthopteren Europas. Springer Netherlands. p. 154.
- ^ Warchałowska-Śliva, Elżbieta; Heller, Klaus-Gerhard; Maryańska-Nadachowska, Anna; Lehman, Arne (2000). "Chromosome evolution in the genus Poecilimon". Folia Biologica. 48. Krakow.
- ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl, Carl (1878). Monographie der Pheneropteriden. Vienna. p. 44.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Alexiou, Sotiris (2017). "New distribution records of Orthoptera of Greece". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 26 (1): 53–61. doi:10.3897/jor.26.14541.