Mecopodinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of cricket-like animals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
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|image_caption=Mecopoda nipponensis
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|taxon=Mecopodinae
|authority=Walker, 1871Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
|synonyms=(Acrdidoxenini)
- Mecopodidae Walker, 1871
- Mecopodidi Walker, 1871
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Mecopodinae 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.
Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids".{{ref needed|date=November 2022}} It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to Phaneropterinae and Pseudophyllinae.{{cite journal |last1=Mugleston |first1=Joseph D |last2=Naegle |first2=Michael |last3=Song |first3=Hojun |last4=Whiting |first4=Michael F |title=A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Reveals Extensive Ecomorph Convergence and Widespread Taxonomic Incongruence |journal=Insect Systematics and Diversity |date=July 2018 |volume=2 |issue=4 |doi=10.1093/isd/ixy010}} Although {{as of|December 2018|lc=y}}, Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, C. Liu, and M. Volleth. 2014. Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa. 3785: 343–376. with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.
Tribes and genera
{{As of|June 2018}}, the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=29 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)]
=Acridoxenini=
Auth: Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa)
- Acridoxena White, 1865
=[[Aprosphylini]]=
Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa)
- Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
- Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994
- Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994
- Griffiniana Karny, 1910
- Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1898
- Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916
=Leproscirtini=
Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)
- Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
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File:Brown Katydid (Eumecopoda sp.) (15301129497).jpg species]]
=[[Mecopodini]]=
Auth: Walker, 1871 (Africa, Asia: India through to Australia)
- Afromecopoda Uvarov, 1940 (west and central Africa)
- Anoedopoda Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
- Arachnacris Giebel, 1861 (Malesia)
- Austromecopoda Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2006 (Australia){{cite journal |author1=Rentz, D. C. F. |author2=You Ning Su |author3=Norihiro Ueshima |title=Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: The Mecopodine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Mecopodinae; Mecopodini) |journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society |volume=132 |issue=1/2 |pages=1–23 |date=2006 |jstor=25078910 |doi=10.3157/0002-8320(2006)132[1:SIATTM]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86264977 }}
- Characta Redtenbacher, 1892 (Malesia)
- Eumecopoda Hebard, 1922 (Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia)
- Euthypoda Karsch, 1886 (west and central Africa)
- Mecopoda Serville, 1831 (India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malesia, Melanesia)
=Pomatonotini=
=[[Sexavini]]=
Auth: Karny, 1924 ("Sexavaini" was an orthographical variant) - central Malesia to Australia (not Sumatra or mainland Asia)
- Biroa Bolívar, 1903
- Gressittiella Willemse, 1961
- Leptophyoides Willemse, 1961
- Paraphrictidea Willemse, 1933
- Phrictaeformia Willemse, 1961
- Phrictaetypus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
- Phrictidea Bolívar, 1911
- Pseudophrictaetypus Willemse, 1961
- Pseudophyllanax Walker, 1869
;subtribe Mossulina {{Au|Willemse, 1961}}
(Java to Papua New Guinea and Pacific islands)
- Albertisiella Griffini, 1908
- Dasyphleps Karsch, 1891
- Diaphlebopsis Karny, 1931
- Diaphlebus Karsch, 1891
- Huona Kuthy, 1910
- Mossula Walker, 1869
- Mossuloides Willemse, 1940
- Neodiaphlebus Kästner, 1934
- Ocica Walker, 1869
- Paradiaphlebopsis Kästner, 1934
- Paradiaphlebus Bolívar, 1903
- Paramossula Willemse, 1940
;subtribe Sexavina {{Au|Karny, 1924}}
(Australasia to the Philippines)
- Segestes Stål, 1877
- Segestidea Bolívar, 1903
- Sexava Walker, 1870
=[[Tabariini]]=
Auth: Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (South America)
- Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
- Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
- Tabaria Walker, 1870
=Tribe unallocated=
- Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
- Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka)
- Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)
- Corycoides Uvarov, 1939 (Africa)
- Elumiana Uvarov, 1940 (Congo)
- Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1891 (east Africa)
- Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands)
- Kheilia Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea)
- Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886 (Socotra)
- Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 (east Africa)
- Strongyloderus: S. serraticollis Westwood, 1834 (India)
- Vetralla Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka)
- Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)