Pterophyllini is a tribe of

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

s in the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the 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 suborder Ensifera, ...

. There are about 16 genera and more than 40 described species in Pterophyllini.

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the tribe Pterophyllini: * '' 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'' Caudell, 1906 (western true katydids) * '' Parascopioricus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Phyllopectis'' Rehn, 1948 * '' Pterophylla'' Kirby, 1825 * '' Scopioricus'' Uvarov, 1940 * '' Scopiorinus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Thliboscelus'' Serville, 1838 * '' Xestoptera'' Redtenbacher, 1895

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