Pseudophyllus

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Pseudophyllus
Leaf-mimic Katydid (Pseudophyllus titan) (7105665217).jpg
Pseudophyllus sp., Thailand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Supertribe: Pseudophylliti
Tribe: Pseudophyllini
Genus: Pseudophyllus
Serville, 1831
Synonyms

Cleandrus Stål, 1874

Pseudophyllus [1] is a genus of bush-cricket, found in Indo-China and Malesia (including the Philippines). It is the type genus of the tribe Pseudophyllini and the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. [2]

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P. titan female (note ovipositor) Leaf-mimic Katydid (Pseudophyllus titan) (7105636647).jpg
P. titan female (note ovipositor)

Species

Pseudophyllus includes the following species: [2]

  1. Pseudophyllus colosseus (Hebard, 1922) - Borneo
  2. Pseudophyllus dyaka (Hebard, 1922) - Borneo
  3. Pseudophyllus hercules (Karny, 1923) - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
  4. Pseudophyllus ligatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) - China
  5. Pseudophyllus neriifolius (Lichtenstein, 1796) - type species (as Locusta neriifoliaLichtenstein; type locality Java, but also Sumatra)
  6. Pseudophyllus simplex Beier, 1954
  7. Pseudophyllus teter Walker, 1869 - Philippines
  8. Pseudophyllus titan White, 1846 - Indochina

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References

  1. Serville (1831) Ann. Sci. nat. 22(86): 143.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 8 August 2021)