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Pseudophyllinae

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.

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

See text.

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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