Metaplastes ornatus (Ramme, 1931)
![Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_m2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_2m2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_3m2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Male (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Female (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_w2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Female (Pindhos mountains near Grevena, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Female (Rendina NE Karpenisi, early July 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_2w2013.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Female (Rendina NE Karpenisi, early July 2013) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Habitat in the northeastern foothills of the Pindhos mountains in Northern Greece, July 2012) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_h2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Habitat in the northeastern foothills of the Pindhos mountains in Northern Greece, July 2012) [N]")
![Metaplastes ornatus: Habitat in the northeastern foothills of the Pindhos mountains in Northern Greece, July 2012) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/ornatus_2h2010.jpg "Metaplastes ornatus: Habitat in the northeastern foothills of the Pindhos mountains in Northern Greece, July 2012) [N]")
Habitat:
Metaplastes ornatus occurs in light woodlands (e.g. submediterranean oak forest) and in dry shrub. I found numerous adults in the foothills of the Pindhos near Grevena in Quercus frainetto woodland (individuals almost all on Quercus bushes) in July 2010.
Remarks:
Metaplastes ornatus occurs on the southern Balkan Peninsula (e.g. Greece).
