Pterophylla (katydid)

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Pterophylla
Pterophylla camellifolia (common true katydid) (motel just south of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA) 2 (17065137919).jpg
Pterophylla camellifolia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Supertribe: Pleminiiti
Tribe: Pterophyllini
Genus: Pterophylla
Kirby, 1825

Pterophylla is a genus of true katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about five described species in Pterophylla. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Pterophylla camellifolia True Katydid, Pterophylla camellifolia - Flickr - GregTheBusker.jpg
Pterophylla camellifolia

Within the Pseudophyllinae, Pterophylla belongs to the tribe Pterophyllini. Among others, this tribe includes the Florida true katydid Lea floridensis , as well as the two Southwestern true katydid species in the genus Paracyrtophyllus .

Species

The genus Pterophylla comprises five species, three of which were discovered in Mexico. Pterophylla camellifolia and Pterophylla furcata are found in the central United States. The following species are included: [4]

subgenus Balsasia Bolívar & Bolívar, 1942
  1. Pterophylla baezi Bolívar & Bolívar, 1942
subgenus Pterophylla Kirby, 1825
  1. Pterophylla beltrani Bolívar & Bolívar, 1942
  2. Pterophylla camellifolia (Fabricius, 1775) (common true katydid)
  3. Pterophylla furcata Caudell, 1906
  4. Pterophylla robertsi Hebard, 1941

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References

  1. "Pterophylla Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Pterophylla". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Pterophylla Kirby, 1825". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

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