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Pseudophyllinae

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The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids",[citation needed] together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

Pseudophyllinae
Pseudophyllus titan
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Burmeister, 1840
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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

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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

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Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Chile

Aspidonotini

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Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Madagascar

 
Aspidonotus spinosus

Callimenellini

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

Cocconotini

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

Cymatomerini

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

 
Sanaa regalis
 
Tegra novaehollandiae

Eucocconotini

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Auth.: Beier 1960 - Central and South America

 
Panoploscelis specularis

Homalaspidiini

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

Ischnomelini

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Ischnomela gracilis

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Leptotettigini

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Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

Pantecphylini

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

Phrictini

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

 
Phricta aberrans

Phyllomimini

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Phyllomimini

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

Platyphyllini

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Xiphophyllum sp.

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

Pleminiini

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

 
Batodromeus subulo

Polyancistrini

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

Pseudophyllini

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

 
Onomarchus kanara
 
Zabalius cf. ophthalmicus

Pterophyllini

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Auth.: (Karny, 1925) – Americas

Simoderini

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

Teleutiini

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

Tribe undetermined

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

References

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  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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