Austrosaginae

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Austrosaginae
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Sciarasaga quadrata , the quadrate fan-winged katydid
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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.

Genera

The following genera are included: [2]

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References

  1. Rentz DCF [ed.] (1993) A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia 2:146
  2. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subfamily Austrosaginae Rentz, 1993". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 18 December 2018.