title: Platystolus
text: # Platystolus
  
  Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian peninsula.
  
  ## Species
  
  The Orthoptera Species File lists:
  
  * Platystolus martinezii (Bolívar, 1873)
  * Platystolus surcularius (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger surcularius Bolívar)
  
  Note: other species have been included in this genus, but may be misplaced.
  
  