The

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Pseudophyllinae contains numerous

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in 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 katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the

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s of

suborder Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized ...

Ensifera Ensifera is a Order (biology), suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies, including cricket (insect), true crickets, Rhaphidophoridae, camel crickets, Tettigoniidae, bush crickets or katydids, Prophalangops ...

, they form part of the insect

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Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – gras ...

which also contains

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grassh ...

s. Members of the group are noted for their remarkable

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. Many species closely resemble fresh or dried leaves, including veins, various blotches and even bite marks.

Systematics

The Pseudophyllinae may be subdivided into the following

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(the first 17 of which are sometimes grouped into the super-tribes: Pleminiiti and Pseudophylliti) and

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. Orthoptera Species File
(retrieved 25 December 2017) Some notable

are also listed here:

Aphractini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Chile * '' Aphractus'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Paraphractus'' Beier, 1962 * '' Polycleptidella'' Beier, 1962 * '' Polycleptis'' Karsch, 1891

Aspidonotini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Madagascar * '' Aspidonotus'' Brullé, 1835

Callimenellini

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

Callimenellus ''Callimenellus''Walker F (1871) ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement'': 25. is an Asian genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. It is the sole genus in the tri ...

'' Walker, 1871

Cocconotini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America * '' Beierotettix'' Özdikmen, 2007 * '' Bliastes'' Stål, 1873 * '' Bliastonotideus'' Beier, 1962 * '' Bliastonotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Brachybliastes'' Beier, 1960 * '' Calamoptera'' Saussure, 1861 * '' Chrysobliastes'' Beier, 1960 * '' Cobalotettix'' Beier, 1962 * '' Cocconotus'' Stål, 1873 * '' Cojedebius'' Kevan, 1989 * '' Diplopygia'' Beier, 1962 * '' Docidocercus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Eubliastes'' Beier, 1960 * '' Geonotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Helicocercus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Idiarthron'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Incanotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Jamaicoecia'' Beier, 1962 * '' Leiobliastes'' Beier, 1960 * '' Liparoscelis'' Stål, 1873 * '' Liparoscella'' Hebard, 1933 * '' Melanonotus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Meroncidius'' Serville, 1831 * '' Mystron'' Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999 * '' Nannonotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Nannotettix'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Nastonotus'' Bolívar, 1890 * '' Natagaima'' Beier, 1960 * '' Nesoecia'' Scudder, 1893 * '' Nesonotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Schedocentrus'' Hebard, 1924 * '' Sphaeropyga'' Beier, 1960 * '' Stenotettix'' Stål, 1873 * '' Thamnobates'' Saussure & Pictet, 1898 * '' Trichotettix'' Stål, 1873

Cymatomerini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa and Asia: including India, Indo-China, Malesia and the Philippines * '' Cymatomera'' Schaum, 1853 (Africa) * '' Cymatomerella'' Beier, 1954 (Africa) * ''

Olcinia ''Olcinia''Stål C (1877) ''Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.'' 34(10): 45. is a genus of bush crickets in the sub-family Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are found in tropical forest regions of Indo-China and Malesia Malesia is a b ...

'' Stål, 1877 * '' Parasanaa'' Beier, 1944 * '' Platenia'' Dohrn, 1888 - monotypic ''Platenia semialata'' (Philippines) * ''

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'' Walker, 1870 * '' Sathrophyllia'' Stål, 1874 * '' Sathrophylliopsis'' de Jong, 1939 (W.

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 ...

) * ''

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'' Walker, 1870 * '' Tegrolcinia'' de Jong, 1939 (China, W. Malesia) * '' Typhoptera'' Kirby, 1906

Eucocconotini

Auth.: Beier 1960 - Central and South America Panoploscelis specularis-male2

* '' Dicranostomus'' Dohrn, 1888 * '' Eucocconotideus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Eucocconotus'' Hebard, 1927 * '' Gnathoclita'' Hagenbach, 1842 * '' Myopophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Onychopygia'' Beier, 1962 * ''

Panoploscelis ''Panoploscelis'' (commonly referred to as spiny lobster katydids or giant lobster crickets) is a genus of very large insects belonging to the true katydid tribe Eucocconotini, which is a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae. Like the other members o ...

'' Scudder, 1869

Homalaspidiini

Auth.: (Otte, D. 1997) - Southern America * '' Arrhenotettix'' Caudell, 1918 * '' Disceratus'' Scudder, 1869 * '' Homalaspidia'' Uvarov, 1940 * '' Jimenezia'' Bolívar, 1881 * '' Sterphoter'' Rehn, 1946

Ischnomelini

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America * '' Goethalsiella'' Hebard, 1927 * '' Ischnomela'' Stål, 1873

Leptotettigini

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America * '' Chondrosternum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Leptotettix'' Stål, 1873 * '' Macrochiton'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Neochiton'' Beier, 1962 * '' Pezochiton'' Beier, 1960 * '' Platychiton'' Beier, 1960 * '' Semileptotettix'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

Pantecphylini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa * '' Pantecphylus'' Karsch, 1890

Phrictini

Auth.: Bolívar, 1903 - sometimes placed in the

Mecopodinae 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 ...

(Eastern Australia) Phricta aberrans 3

* '' Phricta'' Redtenbacher, 1892

Phyllomimini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - West and central Africa; Australasia: India through to Pacific islands * '' Acanthoprion'' Pictet & Saussure, 1892 * '' Acauloplacella'' Karny, 1931 * '' Acauloplax'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Brochopeplus'' Pictet & Saussure, 1892 * '' Brunneriana'' Uvarov, 1923 * '' Chondrodera'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Chondroderella'' Hebard, 1922 * ''

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'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Diplodontopus'' Karny, 1931 * '' Gonyatopus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Hapalophyllum'' Hebard, 1922 * '' Hemigyrus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * '' Heteraprium'' Krauss, 1903 * '' Lacipoda'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Lagarodes'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Margarodera'' Beier, 1957 * '' Mioacris'' Pictet & Saussure, 1892 * ''

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'' Stål, 1877 * '' Orophyllus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Paramorsimus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Paraphyllomimus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Phyllomimus'' Stål, 1873 * '' Phyllozelus'' Redtenbacher, 1892 * '' Pirmeda'' Henry, 1940 * '' Promeca'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Pseudacanthoprion'' Beier, 1954 * '' Pseudophyllomimus'' Karny, 1924 * '' Rhinodera'' Beier, 1955 * '' Stenampyx'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Stizoscepa'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Temnophylloides'' Henry, 1939 * '' Temnophyllus'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * ''

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'' Stål, 1877 * '' Tomias'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Tympanophyllum'' Krauss, 1903 * '' Tympanoptera'' Redtenbacher, 1892 * '' Zumala'' Walker, 1869

Platyphyllini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Southern America * '' Acyrophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Aemasia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Antillophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Baliophyllum'' Beier, 1962 * '' Brachyauchenus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Choeroparnops'' Dohrn, 1888 * ''

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'' Stål, 1875 * '' Drepanoxiphus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Haenschiella'' Beier, 1960 * ''

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'' Beier, 1960 * '' Myrmeciophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Opetiocercus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Platyphyllum'' Serville, 1831 * '' Rhabdotophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * '' Triencentrus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Xiphophyllum'' Beier, 1960

Pleminiini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America, West and central Africa * '' Acanthodis'' Serville, 1831 * '' Acanthorhinischia'' Beier, 1954 * '' Adapantus'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Adeclus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Adenes'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Amiltonia'' Piza, 1976 * '' Ancistrocercus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Anonistus'' Walker, 1871 * '' Apereisis'' Walker, 1871 * '' Aspidopygia'' Beier, 1962 * '' Balboana'' Uvarov, 1939 * '' Batodromeus'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Beieroschema'' Özdikmen, 2008 (formerly ''Colobotettix'' Beier, 1960 (''non'' Ribaut, 1948:

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)) * '' Bufotettix'' Caudell, 1918 * '' Championica'' Saussure & Pictet, 1898 * '' Clepsydronotus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Condylocnemis'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Corynecercus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Dasyscelidius'' Beier, 1954 * '' Dasyscelus'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Diacanthodis'' Walker, 1870 * '' Enthacanthodes'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Gongrocnemis'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Habrocomes'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Haemodiasma'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Hoplidostylus'' Karsch, 1893 * '' Jamaicana'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Labidocercus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Leurophyllidium'' Beier, 1954 * '' Leurophyllum'' Kirby, 1906 * '' Lichenochrus'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Mormotus'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Nesokatoikos'' Braun & Maehr, 2008 (formerly ''Nesocnemis'' Beier, 1954 (''non'' Sélys, 1891:

)) * '' Nesophyllidium'' Beier, 1954 * '' Orpacanthophora'' Beier, 1954 * '' Paradeclus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Paralichenochrus'' Beier, 1954 * '' Parapleminia'' Beier, 1954 * '' Pedinothorax'' Beier, 1954 * '' Phyllostachydius'' Beier, 1954 * '' Pleminia'' Stål, 1874 * '' Polyglochin'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Pristonotus'' Uvarov, 1940 * '' Pseudopleminia'' Beier, 1954 * '' Rhinischia'' Beier, 1954 * '' Schochia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Sphyrophyllum'' Beier, 1954 * '' Stenoschema'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Tetragonomera'' Stål, 1874 * '' Tympanocompus'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Xerophyllopteryx'' Rehn, 1905

Polyancistrini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Mexico, Caribbean, Southern America * '' Camposiella'' Hebard, 1924 * '' Polyancistroides'' Rehn, 1901 * '' Polyancistrus'' Serville, 1831 * '' Sagephorus'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Spelaeala'' Rehn, 1943 * '' Spinapecta'' Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005

Pseudophyllini

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

* '' Brunneana'' Uvarov, 1939 * '' Chloracris'' Pictet & Saussure, 1892 * '' Climacoptera'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Cratioma'' Bolívar, 1906 * '' Desaulcya'' Bolívar, 1906 * '' Liocentrum'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Micta'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Mustius'' Stål, 1874 * '' Onomarchus'' Stål, 1874 * '' Opisthodicrus'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Oxyaspis'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Perteus'' Bolívar, 1906 * ''

Pseudophyllus ''Pseudophyllus'',Serville (1831) ''Ann. Sci. nat.'' 22(86): 143. is a genus of bush-cricket, found in Indo-China and Malesia (including the Philippines). It is the type genus of the tribe Pseudophyllini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Spec ...

'' Serville, 1831 ** ''

Pseudophyllus titan ''Pseudophyllus titan'', the giant false leaf katydid (a name also used for a few other species), is a species of leaf-mimic bush-cricket of the subfamily Pseudophyllinae found in the canopy of tropical forests in Mainland Southeast Asia, Sindh, ...

'' * '' Rhomboptera'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Zabalius'' Bolívar, 1886 ** '' Zabalius apicalis''

Pterophyllini

Auth.: (Karny, 1925) – Americas * '' Caloxiphus'' Saussure & Pictet, 1898 * '' Caribophyllum'' Rehn, 1947 * '' Diophanes'' Stål, 1875 * '' Elytraspis'' Beier, 1962 * '' Karukerana'' Bonfils, 1965 * '' Lea'' Caudell, 1906 * '' Lophaspis'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Mastophyllum'' Beier, 1960 * ''

Paracyrtophyllus ''Paracyrtophyllus'' is a genus of western true katydids in 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 ...

'' Caudell, 1906 * '' Parascopioricus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Phyllopectis'' Rehn, 1948 * '' Pterophylla'' Kirby, 1825 * '' Scopioricus'' Uvarov, 1940 * '' Scopiorinus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Thliboscelus'' Serville, 1838 * '' Xestoptera'' Redtenbacher, 1895

Simoderini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) - Madagascar, Australia * '' Chloracantha'' Hebard, 1922 * '' Lonchitophyllum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Mastigaphoides'' Weidner, 1965 * '' Mastighapha'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Parasimodera'' Carl, 1914 * '' Phyrama'' Karsch, 1889 * '' Simodera'' Karsch, 1891 * '' Wattenwyliella'' Carl, 1914

Teleutiini

Auth.: (Beier, 1960) - Panama to Southern America * '' Acanthodiphrus'' Walker, 1871 * '' Apteroteleutias'' Beier, 1962 * '' Beierella'' Piza, 1978 * '' Brachyteleutias'' Beier, 1960 * '' Chibchella'' Hebard, 1927 * '' Eumecopterus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Hoplotettix'' Caudell, 1918 * '' Leptoteleutias'' Beier, 1962 * '' Mylothrella'' Beier, 1960 * '' Pemba'' Walker, 1870 * '' Stetharasa'' Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999 * ''

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'' Stål, 1874

Tribe undetermined

* '' Narea'' Walker, 1870 - Australia * ''† Archepseudophylla'' Nel, Prokop & Ross, 2008 Due to the great diversity of this subfamily, it is not unequivocally delimited yet.

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3409834 Orthoptera subfamilies Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister