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Phaneropterinae
Female Phaneroptera nana
Phaneropterinae: male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Amblycoryphae Scudder, 1897
  • Phaneropteridae Burmeister, 1838

The Phaneropterinae[1] are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids belonging to the family Tettigoniidae; nearly 2060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known.

The name Phaneropterinae is based upon the Old World genus Phaneroptera, meaning "visible wing",[2] referring to the exposed tips of the inner wings.

Description

The legs of individuals in this subfamily vary from genus to genus, but, as in nearly all Orthoptera, the posterior (rear) legs are adapted to leaping, and as such are always much longer than other legs.

The ovipositor and male genitalia also vary according to the genus.

The Phaneropterinae are largely arboreal in habitat.[citation needed] The vast majority of species live in shrubs and trees, feeding on leaves and tender twigs. Some species might potentially cause significant damage, though usually superficial, when present in large numbers, but this is rare; they usually are solitary, unlike meadow grasshoppers, so much so that they seldom come to human notice.

Adult Phaneropterinae species with eggs

The Phaneropterinae differ from locusts and some other subfamilies of Tettigoniidae in their oviposition; their eggs are rarely deposited in the earth, but are either glued in double rows to twigs, or are inserted in the edges of leaves.[citation needed]

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists genera and tribes as follows:

Tribes A

Dead leaf Katydid, Orophus tesselatus

Tribe: Barbitistini

Barbitistes obtusus (male)
Isophya mating

Tribes C - D

Tribes E

  • Tribe: Ectemnini Cadena-Castañeda, 2015
    (tropical Americas)
  • Tribe: Elimaeini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
    (Asia)

Tribe: Holochlorini

Holochlora japonica female laying eggs

Tribes I - L

Arethaea sp.

Tribes M

Microcentrum retinerve

Tribe: Odonturini

Dichopetala castanea

Tribe: Phaneropterini

Phaneroptera nana nymph

Tribes: other P

Zeuneria melanopeza

Tribes S

Scudderia sp.
Stilpnochlora couloniana

Tribes T

Tylopsis lilifolia

Tribe Vossiini

  • Auth. Cadena-Castañeda, 2015;
    distribution Africa & Asia
  • - subtribe Vossiina Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 (Africa)
  • - subtribe Xantiina Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 (Asia)

Assigned to Genus groups

Male Acripeza reticulata
Caedicia simplex
  • genus group Acridopezae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Australia)
  • genus group Aegimiae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Central & South America)
  • genus group Aniarae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (South America, E. Africa)
  • genus group Centroferae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (South America)
  • genus group Cosmophylla Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (South America, Madagascar, Australia)
  • genus group Dysmorphae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Malesia)
  • genus group Ephippithytae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Vietnam, PNG, Australia)
  • genus group Eurypalpae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
    (E. China, Vietnam, Sumatra, Australia)
  • genus group Isopserae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
    (E. Africa, India, Indo-China, Malesia)
  • genus group Karschiae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
    • Karschia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
      - (synonym Drepanophyllum Karsch, 1890)
  • genus group Leptoderae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
    (Sri Lanka, Malesia)
  • genus group Pseudophaneropterae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Sri Lanka, Sumatra)
  • genus group: Scambophylla Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Indo-China, Malesia)
  • genus group Scaphurae Westwood, 1838 (South America)
  • genus group Taeniomenae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Australia)
  • genus group Turpiliae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Central America, Caribbean)

Tribe undetermined

Eulophophyllum thaumasium ♀.

References

  1. ^ Burmeister H (1838) Handbuch der Entomologie 2 2(I-VIII):684
  2. ^ Jaeger, Edmund Carroll (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 0-398-06179-3.
  3. ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved: 15 June 2018)
  4. ^ Melidia in Orthoptera Species File

External links

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