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Pterophyllini

Pterophyllini is a tribe of true katydids in the family Tettigoniidae from the Americas. There are more than 40 described species in Pterophyllini.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Supertribe: Pleminiiti
Tribe: Pterophyllini
Karny, 1925

Pterophyllini is a tribe of true katydids in the family Tettigoniidae from the Americas. There are more than 40 described species in Pterophyllini. 1

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the tribe Pterophyllini:

  • Caloxiphus Saussure & Pictet, 1898
  • Caribophyllum Rehn, 1947
  • Diophanes Stål, 1875
  • Elytraspis Beier, 1962
  • Karukerana Bonfils, 1965
  • Lea Caudell, 1906
  • Lophaspis Redtenbacher, 1895
  • Mastophyllum Beier, 1960
  • Paracyrtophyllus Caudell, 1906 (western true katydids)
  • Parascopioricus Beier, 1960
  • Phyllopectis Rehn, 1948
  • Pterophylla Kirby, 1825
  • Scopioricus Uvarov, 1940
  • Scopiorinus Beier, 1960
  • Thliboscelus Serville, 1838
  • Xestoptera Redtenbacher, 1895
References

References

  1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "tribe Pterophyllini Karny, 1925". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
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