Phyllophorinae

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Phyllophorinae
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Siliquofera grandis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phyllophorinae
Stål, 1874
Genera

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The Phyllophorinae [1] is a subfamily of the bush crickets or katydids, found in tropical Asia (but only peninsular Malaysia on the mainland) and Australia.

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Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following: [2]

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Copiphorini Tribe of insects

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References

  1. Stål C (1874) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 2 Locustina: 4.
  2. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 2 January 2018)