''Phricta'' is a genus of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s in the family
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...
confined to
seasonal tropical forests
Seasonal tropical forest, also known as moist deciduous, semi-evergreen seasonal, tropical mixed or monsoon forests, typically contain a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season. This tropic ...
of eastern
Australia
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. It contains the following species:
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Phricta aberrans
''Phricta aberrans'' is a species of spiny katydid native to northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland
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Phricta spinosa
''Phricta'' is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae confined to seasonal tropical forests of eastern Australia. It contains the following species:
* ''Phricta aberrans''
* '' Phricta spinosa''
* ''Phricta tortuwallina
''Phricta'' is ...
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Phricta tortuwallina
''Phricta'' is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae confined to seasonal tropical forests of eastern Australia. It contains the following species:
* ''Phricta aberrans
''Phricta aberrans'' is a species of spiny katydid native to nor ...
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* ''
Phricta zwicka''
References
''Phricta'' species
Tettigoniidae genera
Pseudophyllinae
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