The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous

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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, ...

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

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s of

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Ensifera, 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 – grass ...

which also contains grasshoppers. Members of the group are noted for their remarkable

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. They closely resemble 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 Bull Katydid (Aspidonotus spinosus) (7639102324)

* '' Aspidonotus'' Brullé, 1835

Callimenellini

Auth.: (Gorochov 1990) - Asia: including India, Indo-China and the Philippines * '' Callimenellus'' 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 ''Melanonotus'' is a genus of katydid insects 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 grass ...

'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Meroncidius'' Serville, 1831 * '' Mystron'' Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999 * '' Nannonotus'' Beier, 1960 * '' Nannotettix'' Redtenbacher, 1895 * '' Nastonotus'' Bolívar, 1890 * ''

Natagaima Natagaima () is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, on the shore of the Magdalena River, at above sea level. The population of the municipality was 21,324 as of the 1993 census, and its average temperature is . Nataga ...

'' 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 Katydid (Sanaa regalis) (8361823138)

Katydid (Tegra novaehollandiae immunis) (7840924066)

* '' 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 Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the sub-family Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are found in tropical forest regions of Indo-China and Malesia. Des ...

'' Stål, 1877 * '' Parasanaa'' Beier, 1944 * ''

Platenia ''Syagrus'' is a genus of Arecaceae (palms), native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the '' Cocos'', or coconut genus, and many ''Syagrus'' species produce edible seeds simi ...

'' Dohrn, 1888 - monotypic ''Platenia semialata'' (Philippines) * ''

Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Go ...

'' Walker, 1870 * ''

Sathrophyllia ''Sathrophyllia'' is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and ...

'' 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, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. ...

) * '' Tegra'' Walker, 1870 * '' Tegrolcinia'' de Jong, 1939 (China, W. Malesia) * ''

Typhoptera ''Typhoptera''Kirby WF (1906) ''A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)'' 2: 309 is an Asian genus of bush-crickets in the tribe Cymatomerini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Species are recorde ...

'' 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 katydids. Like the other members of the s ...

'' 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 ''Macrochiton'' is a genus of katydids 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 grasshopper ...

'' 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 (Eastern Australia) Phricta aberrans 3

* ''

Phricta ''Phricta'' is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae confined to seasonal tropical forests of eastern Australia. It contains the following species: * ''Phricta aberrans ''Phricta aberrans'' is a species of spiny katydid native to nor ...

'' 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 * ''

Despoina In Greek mythology, Despoina or Despoena (; el, Δέσποινα, Déspoina) was the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and sister of Arion. She was worshipped under the title ''Despoina'' ("the mistress") alongside her mother Demeter, one ...

'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Diplodontopus'' Karny, 1931 * '' Gonyatopus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Hapalophyllum'' Hebard, 1922 * ''

Hemigyrus ''Hemigyrus''Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova'' 2 13(33): 175. is an Asian genus of Tettigoniidae, bush-crickets in the tribe Phyllomimini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Species have been recorded from: sout ...

'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * '' Heteraprium'' Krauss, 1903 * '' Lacipoda'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Lagarodes'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Margarodera'' Beier, 1957 * '' Mioacris'' Pictet & Saussure, 1892 * '' Morsimus'' Stål, 1877 * '' Orophyllus'' Beier, 1954 * ''

Paramorsimus ''Paramorsimus''Beier M (1954) ''Revision der Pseudophyllinen'' 203. is a genus of Asian Tettigoniidae, bush-crickets in the Tribe (biology), tribe Phyllomimini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Species have been recorded (probably incompletel ...

'' 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 * '' Timanthes'' 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 * '' Diyllus'' Stål, 1875 * '' Drepanoxiphus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 * '' Haenschiella'' Beier, 1960 * '' Kopis'' 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 Katydid (Batodromeus subulo) (7656849674)

* ''

Acanthodis ''Acanthodis'' is a genus of katydids belonging to 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 gra ...

'' 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:

preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...

)) * '' 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 ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...

'' Karsch, 1890 * '' Pristonotus'' Uvarov, 1940 * '' Pseudopleminia'' Beier, 1954 * '' Rhinischia'' Beier, 1954 * ''

Schochia ''Schochia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895, is an extant genus of South American bush-cricket (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the ...

'' 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 ''Chloracris'' is an Asian genus of bush-crickets in the tribe Pseudophyllini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae.Pictet & Saussure. 1892. Iconographie des quelques sauterelles vertes 10, 22 Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: #'' Chl ...

'' 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. Speci ...

'' 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, Bangl ...

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

Zabalius apicalis ''Zabalius apicalis'' is a species of katydid 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 sp ...

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'' 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 ''Chloracantha'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, containing the single species ''Chloracantha spinosa''. It is distributed in the southwestern and south-central United States ( CA NV AZ UT NM TX OK LA), mos ...

'' 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 * '' Teleutias'' 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