Phaneropterinae


The Phaneropterinae, the bush katydids or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
The name Phaneropterinae is based upon the Old World genus Phaneroptera, meaning "visible wing", referring to the exposed tips of the inner wings.

Description

The legs of individuals in this subfamily vary from genus to genus, but, as in nearly all Orthoptera, the posterior legs are adapted to leaping, and as such are always much longer than other legs.
The Phaneropterinae are largely arboreal in habitat. The vast majority of species live in shrubs and trees, feeding on leaves and twigs. Some species might potentially cause significant damage, though usually superficial, when present in large numbers, but this is rare; they usually are solitary, unlike meadow grasshoppers, so much so that they seldom come to human notice.
The ovipositor and male genitalia vary according to the genus. The Phaneropterinae differ from other subfamilies of Tettigoniidae in their oviposition; their eggs are rarely deposited in the earth, but are either glued in double rows to twigs, or are inserted in the edges of leaves.

Taxonomy

The subfamily Phaneropterinae was first erected in 1838 by German zoologist Hermann Burmeister., Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes, subtribes, genus groups, and genera.

Acrometopini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Europe, the Middle East, Africa

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Americas, Africa
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Barbitistini

Auth.: Jacobson, 1905 – Europe to central Asia

 species mating

Catoptropterigini

Auth.: Massa, 2016 – Africa
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Africa, India, China, Indochina to Australia
sp.
Auth.: Rehn, 1950 – tropical Americas

Ectemnini

Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 – tropical Americas
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 – Asia

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Africa, Asia-Pacific
female laying eggs

Insarini

Auth.: Rehn, & Hebard, 1914 – tropical & subtropical Americas
sp.
Auth.: Massa, 2017 – eastern Africa
Auth.: Hebard, 1922 – Asia
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Americas
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Mirolliini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Asia
Auth.: Karsch, 1890
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Americas, Iberian peninsula, Africa, Pacific islands
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Otiaphysini

Auth.: Karsch, 1889
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 – South America
Auth.: Burmeister, 1838 – distributed worldwide

Phlaurocentrini

Auth.: Karsch, 1889 – Africa
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Plagiopleurini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – South America
Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 – Africa
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Africa
Auth.: Karsch, 1890 – Africa
Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2014 – Central and South America

Scudderiini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Americas
'' sp.

Steirodontini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – South America

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Africa, Sri Lanka
Auth.: Bei-Bienko, 1954 – Middle East, India, Malaysia
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Africa, Europe, Middle East, western Asia

Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 – Africa, Asia

Zeuneriini

Auth.: Karsh, 1890 - tropical Africa
Subtribe Trachyzulphina Gorochov, 2014 – China, Indochina, Malesia
Genus groups include:


These genera have not been placed in a tribe: