Austrosaginae | |
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Sciarasaga quadrata , the quadrate fan-winged katydid | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Austrosaginae Rentz, 1993 [1] |
Austrosaginae, the sluggish katydids, are a subfamily of Australian insects within the family Tettigoniidae.
The following genera are included: [2]
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids, or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
Cooloola is a genus of ensiferan orthopterans known as Cooloola monsters. It is the only genus in the subfamily Cooloolinae and family Cooloolidae of the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea.
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects. They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.
Ixalodectes is a genus of Australian bush crickets.
Kawanaphila is a genus of insects in family Tettigoniidae from Australia. It was described in 1993 by David C. Rentz.
Pachysaga is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae.
Phasmodes, known as stick katydids, is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and the only genus within the subfamily Phasmodinae. It contains the following species:
Psacadonotus is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae.
Throscodectes is a genus of Australian bush crickets.
Zaprochilus, the twig-mimicking katydids, is a genus of katydids in the subfamily Zaprochilinae. They are found in Australia. The genus Zaprochilus contains the following species:
The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2,060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
Hexacentrus is the type genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Hexacentrinae. Most species of this genus occur in Southeast Asia and in Africa.
Tympanophora is a genus of bush-crickets, known as balloon-winged katydids, found in Australia. It is the only extant (living) genus in the subfamily Tympanophorinae.
The Saginae, commonly known as the predatory katydids or predatory bush-crickets, is a subfamily of the family Tettigoniidae. They are mostly found in Europe, west and central Asia and southern Africa.
Mecopodinae, the long-legged katydids, are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including many Pacific islands.
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.
Agraeciini is a large tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the conehead subfamily, Conocephalinae.
Microtettigonia is a genus of bush-crickets or katydids, endemic to Western Australia and known as micro katydids. It is the only genus of the subfamily Microtettigoniinae.
The Listroscelidinae are a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae found in the Americas, Madagascar, and Australia.