Pseudophyllinae

Pseudophyllinae
Pseudophyllus titan
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: PseudophyllinaeBurmeister, 1840
Tribes

See text.

The subfamilyPseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the crickets of suborderEnsifera, they form part of the insect orderOrthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

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

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

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Chile

Aspidonotini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Madagascar

Aspidonotus spinosus

Callimenellini

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

Cocconotini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America

Cymatomerini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa and Asia: including India, Indo-China, Malesia and the Philippines

Sanaa regalis
Tegra novaehollandiae

Eucocconotini

Auth.: Beier 1960 - Central and South America

Panoploscelis specularis

Homalaspidiini

Auth.: (Otte, D. 1997) - Southern America

Ischnomelini

Ischnomela gracilis

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Leptotettigini

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Pantecphylini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa

Phrictini

Auth.: Bolívar, 1903 - sometimes placed in the Mecopodinae (Eastern Australia)

Phricta aberrans

Phyllomimini

Phyllomimini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - West and central Africa; Australasia: India through to Pacific islands

Platyphyllini

Xiphophyllum sp.

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Southern America

Pleminiini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America, West and central Africa

Championica cristulata in Costa Rica
Batodromeus subulo

Polyancistrini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Mexico, Caribbean, Southern America

Pseudophyllini

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

Onomarchus kanara
Rhomboptera semilunata
Cratioma sp.
Zabalius cf. ophthalmicus

Pterophyllini

Auth.: (Karny, 1925) – Americas

Simoderini

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) - Madagascar, Australia

Teleutiini

Auth.: (Beier, 1960) - Panama to Southern America

Tribe undetermined

Due to the great diversity of this subfamily, it is not unequivocally delimited yet.

References

  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)
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