Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India,

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

, Japan, the Philippines, and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

to Papua New Guinea and

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

, including many Pacific islands. Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids". It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to

Phaneropterinae The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids. The name Phaneropterinae is based upon the Old W ...

and

Pseudophyllinae The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the cricket (insect), crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect ...

. Although , Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the subo ...

, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, C. Liu, and M. Volleth. 2014. Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa. 3785: 343–376. with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.

Tribes and genera

, the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
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Acridoxenini

Auth: Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa) * ''

Acridoxena ''Acridoxena'' is a monotypic genus of bush crickets (also known as katydids). It is now placed in the tribe Acridoxenini of the subfamily Mecopodinae Mecopodinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets found in western South America, ...

'' White, 1865

Aprosphylini Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including ma ...

Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa) * '' Aprosphylus'' Pictet, 1888 * '' Cedarbergeniana'' Naskrecki, 1994 * '' Ewanella'' Naskrecki, 1994 * '' Griffiniana'' Karny, 1910 * '' Pseudosaga'' Brancsik, 1898 * '' Zitsikama'' Péringuey, 1916

Leproscirtini

Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa) * '' Leproscirtus'' Karsch, 1891 Arachnacris amboinensis

Mecopodini Mecopodinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia ...

Auth: Walker, 1871 (Africa, Asia: India through to Australia) * '' Afromecopoda'' Uvarov, 1940 (west and central Africa) * '' Anoedopoda'' Karsch, 1891 (Africa) * ''

Arachnacris ''Arachnacris'' is an Asian genus of large bush crickets in the sub-family Mecopodinae and tribe Mecopodini. They are found in tropical forest areas of Malesia. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: # ''Arachnacris amboinensis '' ...

'' Giebel, 1861 (Malesia) * '' Austromecopoda'' Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2006 (Australia) * '' Characta'' Redtenbacher, 1892 (Malesia) * '' Eumecopoda'' Hebard, 1922 (Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia) * '' Euthypoda'' Karsch, 1886 (west and central Africa) * ''

Mecopoda ''Mecopoda''Serville (1831) ''Ann. Sci. nat.'' 22(86): 154 is the type genus of bush crickets of the subfamily Mecopodinae. Species can be found in India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malaysia and Melanesia. Species The genus was revised in ...

'' Serville, 1831 (India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malesia, Melanesia)

Pomatonotini

Auth: Willemse, 1961 (southern Africa) * ''

Pomatonota ''Pomatonota'' is a monotypic genus of katydids; the sole species is ''Pomatonota dregii''. It is the only genus and species in the tribe Pomatonotini within the subfamily Mecopodinae Mecopodinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets ...

'' Burmeister, 1838 Segestes decoratus m

Sexavini

Auth: Karny, 1924 ("Sexavaini" was an

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to Australia (not Sumatra or mainland Asia) * '' Biroa'' Bolívar, 1903 * '' Gressittiella'' Willemse, 1961 * '' Leptophyoides'' Willemse, 1961 * '' Paraphrictidea'' Willemse, 1933 * '' Phrictaeformia'' Willemse, 1961 * '' Phrictaetypus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 * '' Phrictidea'' Bolívar, 1911 * '' Pseudophrictaetypus'' Willemse, 1961 * '' Pseudophyllanax'' Walker, 1869 ;subtribe Mossulina (Java to Papua New Guinea and Pacific islands) * '' Albertisiella'' Griffini, 1908 * '' Dasyphleps'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Diaphlebopsis'' Karny, 1931 * '' Diaphlebus'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Huona'' Kuthy, 1910 * '' Mossula'' Walker, 1869 * '' Mossuloides'' Willemse, 1940 * '' Neodiaphlebus'' Kästner, 1934 * '' Ocica'' Walker, 1869 * '' Paradiaphlebopsis'' Kästner, 1934 * '' Paradiaphlebus'' Bolívar, 1903 * '' Paramossula'' Willemse, 1940 ;subtribe Sexavina (Australasia to the Philippines) * ''

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'' Stål, 1877 * '' Segestidea'' Bolívar, 1903 * '' Sexava'' Walker, 1870

Tabariini

Auth: Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (South America) * '' Encentra'' Redtenbacher, 1892 * '' Rhammatopoda'' Redtenbacher, 1892 * '' Tabaria'' Walker, 1870

Tribe unallocated

# '' Apteroscirtus'' Karsch, 1891 (Africa) # '' Aulocrania'' Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka) # '' Charisoma'' Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea) # '' Corycoides'' Uvarov, 1939 (Africa) # '' Elumiana'' Uvarov, 1940 (Congo) # '' Gymnoscirtus'' Karsch, 1891 (east Africa) # '' Ityocephala'' Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands) # '' Kheilia'' Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea) # '' Pachysmopoda'' Karsch, 1886 (Socotra) # '' Philoscirtus'' Karsch, 1896 (east Africa) # '' Strongyloderus'': ''S. serraticollis'' Westwood, 1834 (India) # ''

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'' Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka) # '' Zacatula'' Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)

References

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