Pterochrozinae

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Pterochrozinae
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Unknown Typophyllum species
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Porphyromma speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pterochrozinae
Walker, 1871 [1]

The Pterochrozinae are a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae found in Central and South America. They were previously placed as a tribe in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae and have been called "leaf-mimic katydids".[ citation needed ]

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Genera

As of 2018, Orthoptera Species File lists the following: [2]

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Tettigoniinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

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Tetrigidae Family of grasshoppers

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Pseudophyllinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

Phaneropterinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

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.

<i>Scudderia</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Scudderia is a genus of katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Their range is most of North America, northernmost being in Southern Canada. They are herbivores, with nymphs feeding primarily on flowers and adults preferring woody deciduous plants.

Ommatoptera is a South American genus of katydids in the subfamily Pterochrozinae.

Proscopiidae Family of grasshoppers

Proscopiidae is a family of Neotropical grasshoppers, now placed in its own superfamily, the Proscopioidea. Some species may be known as stick grasshoppers or jumping sticks.

<i>Cycloptera</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Cycloptera is a South American genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Pterochrozinae.

Mecopodinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

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.

Copiphorini Tribe of insects

The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily, they are now placed in the subfamily Conocephalinae. Like some other members of Conocephalinae, they are known as coneheads, grasshopper-like insects with an extended, cone-shaped projection on their heads that juts forward in front of the base of the antennae.

<i>Typophyllum</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Typophyllum is a genus of leaf-mimicking katydids belonging to the family Tettigoniidae.

<i>Saga</i> (bush cricket) Genus of cricket-like animals

Saga is a genus of bush crickets or katydids containing around 15 species as of 2018. It is the only genus in the tribe Sagini and belongs to the subfamily Saginae. Species have been recorded from mainland Europe and western Asia.

Hetrodinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

The Hetrodinae are a subfamily of robust orthopterans in the family Tettigoniidae.

Conocephalinae Subfamily of cricket-like animals

Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.

Agraeciini Tribe of cricket-like animals

Agraeciini is a large tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the conehead subfamily, Conocephalinae.

<i>Copiphora</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Copiphora is a large genus of large bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae from South America and southern Africa.

<i>Patanga</i> (grasshopper) Genus of grasshoppers

Patanga is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan, Indo-China and western Malesia. The genus was named in 1923.

Romaleinae Subfamily of grasshoppers

Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae.

The subfamily Rhaphidophorinae contains the single tribe of camel crickets, the Rhaphidophorini, based on the type genus Rhaphidophora.

<i>Gryllacris</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Gryllacris is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacridinae. It is the type genus for the family, tribe Gryllacridini and its subfamily.

References

  1. Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
  2. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 13 January 2018)

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