Platycleis (Sepiana), Zeuner, 1941

Çiplak, Battal, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard & Demirsoy, Ali, 2002, Review and key to species of Platycleis from Turkey (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with descriptions of Yalvaciana subgen. n. and two new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (2), pp. 197-236 : 220-221

Subgenus Sepiana Zeuner, 1941

Sepiana Zeuner, 1941 : 35.

Type species: Platycleis sepium Yersin, 1854 .

Platycleis (Sepiana) sepium (Yersin, 1854) (®gures 48±52) Decticus sepium Yersin, 1854: 68 .

Syntypes, 3, 2: FRANCE, Nice (lost) .

Distribution. Southern France, Italy, Balkan Peninsula, western Anatolia, Crimea, western Caucasus.

Turkish sound recording. Naskrecki and Otte (1999b), OSF online 11 August 1999: characteristic sound pattern of P. sepium (compare Heller, 1988; Ragge, 1990).

Previous records for Turkey. IÇSTANBUL, IÇZMIÇR ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882); IÇZMIÇR: BozdagÏ, Efes (Werner, 1901); IÇSTANBUL: Rumelihisarõ, 15 June 1942 (KarabagÏ, 1958); Terkoz, 1± 4 August 1986, 3, 3; Durusu (DurugoÈl Lake), 26 July 1986, 2, 3 ( Naskrecki, 1991).

Material examined. IÇSTANBUL: Kilyos YoÈresi, 19 July 1977, 1; BALIKESIÇR: GoÈnen, TasËtepe KoÈyuÈ, 150 m, 29 June 1977, 1 (S. Salman); IÇZMIÇR: SelcËuk, Efes,

200 m, 10 August 1998, 1; Efes Harebeleri, 50 m, 12 July 1996, 1 (B. CË õplak); IÇSTANBUL: Belgrad Ormanõ, Topuz Bendi , 250 m, 1; Belgrad Ormanõ, BuÈyuÈk Bent, 350 m, 3 August 1992, 3 (G. GoÈrkem) ( AUZM) .