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Pseudophyllinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of cricket-like animals}}

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| taxon=Pseudophyllinae

| authority=Burmeister, 1840

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The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids",{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

Members of the group are noted for their remarkable camouflage. Many species closely resemble fresh or dried leaves, including veins, various blotches and even bite marks.{{cite book |last1=Grimaldi |first1=David |last2=Engel |first2=Michael S. |year=2005 |chapter=Orthoptera: the crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, wetas, and kin |title=Evolution of the Insects |url=https://archive.org/details/evolutioninsects00grim_110 |url-access=limited |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0521821495 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/evolutioninsects00grim_110/page/n216 202]–211}}

Systematics

The Pseudophyllinae may be subdivided into the following tribes (the first 17 of which are sometimes grouped into the super-tribes: Pleminiiti and Pseudophylliti) and genera.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=36 Orthoptera Species File] (retrieved 25 December 2017) Some notable species are also listed here:

= Aphractini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Chile

= Aspidonotini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Madagascar

File:Bull Katydid (Aspidonotus spinosus) (7639102324).jpg]]

= Callimenellini =

Auth.: (Gorochov 1990) - Asia: including India, Indo-China and the Philippines

= Cocconotini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America

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= Cymatomerini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa and Asia: including India, Indo-China, Malesia and the Philippines

File:Katydid (Sanaa regalis) (8361823138).jpg]]

File:Katydid (Tegra novaehollandiae immunis) (7840924066).jpg]]

= Eucocconotini =

Auth.: Beier 1960 - Central and South America

File:Panoploscelis specularis-male2.jpg specularis]]

= Homalaspidiini =

Auth.: (Otte, D. 1997) - Southern America

= Ischnomelini =

File:Ischnomela gracilis (9378872534).jpg

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

= Leptotettigini =

Auth.: (Beier 1960) - Southern America

= Pantecphylini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central Africa

= Phrictini =

Auth.: Bolívar, 1903 - sometimes placed in the Mecopodinae (Eastern Australia)

File:Phricta aberrans 3.JPG]]

= Phyllomimini =

File:Flat Leaf-Mimic Katydid (Acauloplax sp.) (37257383254).jpg

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - West and central Africa; Australasia: India through to Pacific islands

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= Platyphyllini =

File:Xiphophyllum atrosignatum.jpg

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Southern America

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= Pleminiini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Central and southern America, West and central Africa

File:Championica katydid (70775).jpg in Costa Rica]]

File:Katydid (Batodromeus subulo) (7656849674).jpg]]

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= Polyancistrini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1895) - Mexico, Caribbean, Southern America

= Pseudophyllini =

Auth.: (Burmeister 1838) - West and central Africa; Asia: India, Indo-China through to Papua New Guinea

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File:Katydid (Rhomboptera semilunata) (8752370513).jpg]]

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= Pterophyllini =

Auth.: (Karny, 1925) – Americas

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= Simoderini =

Auth.: (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) - Madagascar, Australia

= Teleutiini =

Auth.: (Beier, 1960) - Panama to Southern America

= Tribe undetermined =

Due to the great diversity of this subfamily, it is not unequivocally delimited yet.

References

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External links

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Category:Orthoptera subfamilies

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister