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]
| Mecopodinae | |
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| Mecopoda nipponensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Infraorder: | Tettigoniidea |
| Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Mecopodinae Walker, 1871[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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(Acrdidoxenini)
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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[update], 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
editAs of June 2018[update], the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]
Acridoxenini
editAuth: Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa)
- Acridoxena White, 1865
Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa)
- Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
- Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994
- Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994
- Griffiniana Karny, 1910
- Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1898
- Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916
Leproscirtini
editAuth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)
- Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
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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
editAuth: Willemse, 1961 (southern Africa)
- Pomatonota Burmeister, 1838
Auth: Karny, 1924 ("Sexavaini" was an orthographical variant) - 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
- subtribe Mossulina 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
- subtribe Sexavina Karny, 1924
(Australasia to the Philippines)
- Segestes Stål, 1877
- Segestidea Bolívar, 1903
- Sexava Walker, 1870
Auth: Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (South America)
- Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
- Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
- Tabaria Walker, 1870
Tribe unallocated
edit- Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
- Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka)
- Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)
- Corycoides Uvarov, 1939 (Africa)
- Elumiana Uvarov, 1940 (Congo)
- Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1891 (east Africa)
- Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands)
- Kheilia Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea)
- Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886 (Socotra)
- Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 (east Africa)
- Strongyloderus: S. serraticollis Westwood, 1834 (India)
- Vetralla Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka)
- Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)
References
edit- ^ Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.