Metrioptera is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae, include the bog and meadow bush crickets. They are found in Eurasia.

Taxonomy

Genus group Metrioptera

A number of Palaearctic and North American genera are very similar, and were grouped here in F.E. Zeuner's revision. They are:

1. Bicolorana Zeuner, 1941

2. Metrioptera Wesmaël, 1838

3. Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941

4. Sphagniana Zeuner, 1941 - Canada and NE Asia

5. Zeuneriana Ramme, 1951

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:

1. Metrioptera ambigua Pfau, 1986

2. Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761) - type species (as Gryllus brachypterus L.)

3. Metrioptera buyssoni (Saulcy, 1887)

4. Metrioptera caprai Baccetti, 1956

5. Metrioptera hoermanni (Werner, 1906)

6. Metrioptera karnyana Uvarov, 1924

7. Metrioptera maritima Olmo-Vidal, 1992

8. Metrioptera prenjica (Burr, 1899)

9. Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872)

10. Metrioptera tsirojanni Harz & Pfau, 1983

See also

• List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe

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