Cosmophyllum is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Species are found in Chile.

Cosmophyllum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Cosmophyllum
Blanchard, 1851[1]
Species

The name was also given to a genus of prehistoric hexacorals by E Vollbrecht in 1922[2] which was turned into a synonym for Arcophyllum, itself being turned into a subgenus of Mesophyllum.

References

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  1. ^ Blanchard, E. 1851. In Gay, C. [Ed.]. Historia física y politica de Chile 6 (Zool.):50
  2. ^ Uber den Bau von Cosmophyllum nov. gen. E Vollbrecht, Gesell. Beford. gesamt. Naturwiss. Marburg Sitzungsber., v. 56, Jahrg. 1921, no 1, p. 17-34, 1922
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  • "Cosmophyllum". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Cosmophyllum at insectoid.info
  • Cosmophyllum at orthoptera.speciesfile.org