The Pseudotettigoniinae are an extinct subfamily of the
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 ...
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Genera and species
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:
Orthoptera species file (retrieved 13 January 2018)
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* †'' Arctolocusta'' Zeuner, 1937: †''A. groenlandica'' (Heer, 1883)
* †'' Lithymnetes'' Scudder, 1878: †''L. guttatus'' Scudder, 1878
* †'' Nymphomorpha'' Henriksen, 1922: †''N. medialis'' Henriksen, 1922
* †'' Pseudotettigonia'' Zeuner, 1937:
** †''Pseudotettigonia amoena'' (Henriksen, 1929)
** †''Pseudotettigonia leona'' Greenwalt & Rust, 2014
Other extinct genera in the Tettigoniidae, not assigned to a subfamily include:
* †'' Locustites'' Heer, 1849: 3 spp.
* †'' Locustophanes'' Handlirsch, 1939: †''L. rhipidophorus'' Handlirsch, 1939
* †'' Prophasgonura'' Piton, 1940: †''P. lineatocollis'' Piton, 1940
* †'' Protempusa'' Piton, 1940: †''P. incerta'' Piton, 1940
* †'' Prototettix'' Giebel, 1856: †''P. lithanthraca'' (Goldenberg, 1854)
References
External links
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Picture of a complete wing of fossil grasshopper ''Pseudotettigonia amoena''
– Natural History Museum of Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark ( da, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum) is a natural history museum located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was created as a 1 January 2004 merger of Copenhagen's Zoological Museum, Geological Museum, Botanical Muse ...
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Tettigoniidae
Orthoptera subfamilies