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Tettigoniinae
Tettigonia viridissima: the great green bush-cricket
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Stoll, 1787
Tribes & genera

See text

The subfamily Tettigoniinae, sometimes called shield-backed katydids,[citation needed] contains hundreds of species, which are native to the Americas, Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa, although the three groups are related. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in turn related to the North American genera Neduba and Aglaothorax.[1] Many of the common northern European species (e.g. in the genera Tettigonia, Metrioptera and Platycleis) are in this subfamily.

Tribes and genera

In the Orthoptera Species File, the following are listed:[2]

Arytropteridini

Auth. Caudell 1908

Ctenodecticini

Auth. Uvarov 1939

Decticini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 (synonyms Decticidae or Dectici Herman, 1874)

Drymadusini

Auth. Uvarov 1924

Gampsocleidini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878

Glyphonotini

Auth. Tarbinsky, 1932 (synonyms: Glyphonotinae Tarbinsky, 1932; Glyphontini)

Nedubini

Auth. Gorochov 1988

Onconotini

Auth. Tarbinsky 1932

Pholidopterini

Auth. Beier 1954

Plagiostirini

Auth. Storozhenko 1994

Platycleidini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893

Tettigoniini

Auth. Krauss 1902

Tribe incertae sedis

The Mormon cricket, actually a katydid and member of this subfamily, has been known to cause extensive damage when it breeds in large numbers in cropland. 123 species are native to North America.

References

  1. ^ Rentz, D. C. F. (1988). "The shield-backed katylids of Southern Africa: their taxonomy, ecology and relationships to the faunas of Australia and South America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 2 (2): 223. doi:10.1071/IT9880223. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Tettigoniinae Krauss, 1902 (retrieved 30 May 2020)
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