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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » True Katydids (Pseudophyllinae) » Pterophylla

Genus Pterophylla

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
6008373 Katydid nymph - Pterophylla camellifolia - male Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger)? - Pterophylla camellifolia - female True katydid? - Pterophylla camellifolia - female No Idea what this is... - Pterophylla camellifolia Common True Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia - female Commuting Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia - female Weird bug - Pterophylla camellifolia Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Pseudophyllinae (True Katydids)
Genus Pterophylla
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pterophylla Kirby, 1825
Explanation of Names
Greek pteron 'wing' + phyllum 'leaf'(1)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(2), 5 spp. total(3)
Range
NA(3)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Orthoptera Species File Online
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 September, 2004 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 June, 2010 - 4:21am

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