Pterophyllini is a tribe of
true katydid
The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the cricket (insect), crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect ...
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 ...
. There are about 16 genera and more than 40 described species in Pterophyllini.
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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
Lea or LEA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Lea River, Tasmania, Australia
* Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the Lea River flows
* RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA"
England
* Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish
* Lea, Derbyshire, a set ...
'' 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
Further reading
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Pseudophyllinae
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