Subfamily Pseudophyllinae - True Katydids

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this a Common True Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia ? - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male

6008373 Katydid nymph - Pterophylla camellifolia

Truncated True Katydid (Paracyrtophyllus robustus) - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia - male

Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) - Pterophylla camellifolia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Subfamily Pseudophyllinae (True Katydids)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Subfamily also called Pterophyllinae.

Explanation of Names

Author of subfamily Pterophyllinae is Burmeister, 1838.

Numbers

SINA lists 3 genera (Lea 1 species, Paracyrtophyllus, 2 species, Pterophylla, 1 species) for a total of 4 species for North America.

Size

33-50 mm

Identification

See Singing Insects of North America key. Most prominent genus is Pterophylla.

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Print References

Arnett, p. 161 (1)

Internet References

Singing Insects of North America: family account, key to genera.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 September, 2004 - 9:38pm
Last updated 11 July, 2007 - 5:55am

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