Mecopodinae

Mecopodinae

Mecopodinae

Subfamily of cricket-like animals

Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including many Pacific islands.[2][3]

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Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids".[citation needed] It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to Phaneropterinae and Pseudophyllinae.[3] Although as of December 2018, Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,[4] with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.

Tribes and genera

As of June 2018, the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]

Acridoxenini

Auth: Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa)

Aprosphylini

Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa)

  • Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
  • Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994
  • Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994
  • Griffiniana Karny, 1910
  • Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1898
  • Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916

Leproscirtini

Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)

  • Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
Arachnacris amboinensis illustration
Unknown Eumecapoda species
Mecopoda elongata

Mecopodini

Auth: Walker, 1871 (Africa, Asia: India through to Australia)

  • Afromecopoda Uvarov, 1940 (west and central Africa)
  • Anoedopoda Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
  • Arachnacris Giebel, 1861 (Malesia)
  • Austromecopoda Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2006 (Australia)[5]
  • Characta Redtenbacher, 1892 (Malesia)
  • Eumecopoda Hebard, 1922 (Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia)
  • Euthypoda Karsch, 1886 (west and central Africa)
  • Mecopoda Serville, 1831 (India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malesia, Melanesia)

Pomatonotini

Auth: Willemse, 1961 (southern Africa)

Segestes decoratus
Segestidea novaeguineae

Sexavaini

Auth: Karny, 1924 - central Malesia to Australia (not Sumatra or mainland Asia)

  • Biroa Bolívar, 1903
  • Gressittiella Willemse, 1961
  • Leptophyoides Willemse, 1961
  • Paraphrictidea Willemse, 1933
  • Phrictaeformia Willemse, 1961
  • Phrictaetypus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
  • Phrictidea Bolívar, 1911
  • Pseudophrictaetypus Willemse, 1961
  • Pseudophyllanax Walker, 1869
genus group Mossulae Willemse, 1961

(Java to Papua New Guinea and Pacific islands)

  • Albertisiella Griffini, 1908
  • Dasyphleps Karsch, 1891
  • Diaphlebopsis Karny, 1931
  • Diaphlebus Karsch, 1891
  • Huona Kuthy, 1910
  • Mossula Walker, 1869
  • Mossuloides Willemse, 1940
  • Neodiaphlebus Kästner, 1934
  • Ocica Walker, 1869
  • Paradiaphlebopsis Kästner, 1934
  • Paradiaphlebus Bolívar, 1903
  • Paramossula Willemse, 1940
genus group Sexavae Karny, 1924

(Australasia to the Philippines)

  • Segestes Stål, 1877
  • Segestidea Bolívar, 1903
  • Sexava Walker, 1870

Tabariini

Auth: Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (South America)

  • Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
  • Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
  • Tabaria Walker, 1870

Tribe unallocated

  1. Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
  2. Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka)
  3. Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)
  4. Corycoides Uvarov, 1939 (Africa)
  5. Elumiana Uvarov, 1940 (Congo)
  6. Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1891 (east Africa)
  7. Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands)
  8. Kheilia Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea)
  9. Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886 (Socotra)
  10. Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 (east Africa)
  11. Strongyloderus: S. serraticollis Westwood, 1834 (India)
  12. Vetralla Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka)
  13. Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)

References

  1. [1]
    Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
  2. [2]
    Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
  3. [3]
    Mugleston, Joseph D; Naegle, Michael; Song, Hojun; Whiting, Michael F (July 2018). "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Reveals Extensive Ecomorph Convergence and Widespread Taxonomic Incongruence". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2 (4). doi:10.1093/isd/ixy010.
  4. [4]
    Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, C. Liu, and M. Volleth. 2014. Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa. 3785: 343–376.
  5. [5]
    Rentz, D. C. F.; You Ning Su; Norihiro Ueshima (2006). "Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: The Mecopodine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Mecopodinae; Mecopodini)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 132 (1/2): 1–23. doi:10.3157/0002-8320(2006)132[1:SIATTM]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 25078910. S2CID 86264977.
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