''Sathrophyllia'' is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily

Pseudophyllinae The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera ...

and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and antennae along the branch and hold themselves close to the surface with their middle pair of legs. Some species like ''S. rugosa'' have cryptic colouration that matches the bark making them very hard to spot. Further east, the genus ''

Olcinia ''Olcinia''Stål C (1877) ''Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.'' 34(10): 45. is a genus of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the sub-family Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are found in tropical forest regions of Indo-China and Malesia. Des ...

'' also bears a close resemblance, however ''Sathrophyllia'' has a relatively smooth margin to the forewing unlike that of ''Olcinia''.

Species

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Sathrophyllia arabica ''Sathrophyllia'' is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and ...

'' Krauss, 1902 #''

Sathrophyllia cristata ''Sathrophyllia'' is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and ...

'' Beier, 1954 #'' Sathrophyllia femorata'' Fabricius, 1787 #'' Sathrophyllia fuliginosa'' Stål, 1874 - type species (locality eastern India) #'' Sathrophyllia irshadi'' Sultan et al., 2014 #'' Sathrophyllia rugosa'' Linnaeus, 1758 #'' Sathrophyllia saeedi'' Sultan et al., 2014 Note: the species ''irshadi'' and ''saeedi'', named in 2014, did not explicitly designate holotypes, leading some authorities to claim that the names were not validly described. However, under the rules of the

ICZN The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...

, specifically Article 73.1.2, a holotype is originally fixed if only a single specimen is used as the basis for a description as was the case for both of these species, and these are therefore valid names.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10662039 Tettigoniidae genera Pseudophyllinae