Pseudophyllinae

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Pseudophyllinae
Pseudophyllus titan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Burmeister, 1840
Tribes

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The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids",[citation needed] together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

Members of the group are noted for their remarkable camouflage. Many species closely resemble fresh or dried leaves, including veins, various blotches and even bite marks.[1]

Systematics[edit]

The Pseudophyllinae may be subdivided into the following tribes (the first 17 of which are sometimes grouped into the super-tribes: Pleminiiti and Pseudophylliti) and genera.[2] Some notable species are also listed here:

Aphractini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Chile

Aspidonotini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Madagascar

Aspidonotus spinosus

Callimenellini[edit]

Auth.: (Gorochov 1990) - Asia: including India, Indo-China and the Philippines

Cocconotini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America

Cymatomerini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa and Asia: including India, Indo-China, Malesia and the Philippines

Sanaa regalis
Tegra novaehollandiae

Eucocconotini[edit]

Auth.: Beier 1960 - Central and South America

Panoploscelis specularis

Homalaspidiini[edit]

Auth.: (Otte, D. 1997) - Southern America

Ischnomelini[edit]

Ischnomela gracilis

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Leptotettigini[edit]

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Pantecphylini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa

Phrictini[edit]

Auth.: Bolívar, 1903 - sometimes placed in the Mecopodinae (Eastern Australia)

Phricta aberrans

Phyllomimini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - West and central Africa; Australasia: India through to Pacific islands

Platyphyllini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Southern America

Pleminiini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America, West and central Africa

Batodromeus subulo

Polyancistrini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Mexico, Caribbean, Southern America

Pseudophyllini[edit]

Auth.: (Burmeister 1838) - West and central Africa; Asia: India, Indo-China through to Papua New Guinea

Onomarchus kanara
Zabalius cf. ophthalmicus

Pterophyllini[edit]

Auth.: (Karny, 1925) – Americas

Simoderini[edit]

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) - Madagascar, Australia

Teleutiini[edit]

Auth.: (Beier, 1960) - Panama to Southern America

Tribe undetermined[edit]

Due to the great diversity of this subfamily, it is not unequivocally delimited yet.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grimaldi, David; Engel, Michael S. (2005). "Orthoptera: the crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, wetas, and kin". Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 202–211. ISBN 0521821495.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 25 December 2017)

External links[edit]

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