Parnassiana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941. Species have been called "Greek bush-crickets" and members of this genus have been recorded mostly from that country.
Habitat and life cycle Grecian species such as P. chelmos and P. fusca often live in upland (1200-2300 m.) pastures and with thorny, low-growing shrubs such as Astragalus spp., often perched in these, rather than near the ground. Adults can typically be found between July and October. Several species are locally endemic: for example, P. fusca is only found on Mount Taygetos in the southern Peloponnese.Wagner W: European locusts and their ecology
Species The Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera Species File: genus Parnassiana Zeuner, 1941 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 15 November 2022) lists the following: Parnassiana chelmos (Zeuner, 1941) (3 subspecies) Parnassiana coracis (Ramme, 1921) Parnassiana dirphys (Willemse, 1980) Parnassiana fusca (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) Parnassiana gionica (La Greca & Messina, 1976) Parnassiana menalon (Willemse, 1975) Parnassiana nigromarginata (Willemse & Willemse, 1987) Parnassiana panaetolikon (Willemse, 1980) Parnassiana parnassica (Ramme, 1926) - type species (as Metrioptera parnassica Ramme) Parnassiana parnon (Willemse, 1980) Parnassiana tenuis (Heller & Willemse, 1989) Parnassiana tymphiensis (Willemse, 1973) Parnassiana tymphrestos (Zeuner, 1941)
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