Mecopodinae

Mecopodinae
Mecopoda sp. (Malaysia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Suborder:Ensifera
Infraorder:Tettigoniidea
Superfamily:Tettigonioidea
Family:Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:Mecopodinae
Walker, 1871
Tribes & Genera

See text

Synonyms

(Acrdidoxenini)

  • Mecopodidae Walker, 1871
  • Mecopodidi Walker, 1871

Mecopodinae is a subfamily of bush crickets[1] found in western south America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: India, Indo-China, Japan, Philippines, Malesia through to PNG and Australasia, including many Pacific islands.

Tribes and Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

  • tribe Acridoxenini Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa)
  • Aprosphylini Naskrecki, 1994 (Southern Africa)
    • Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
    • Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994
    • Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994
    • Griffiniana Karny, 1910
    • Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1898
    • Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916
  • Leproscirtini Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)
    • Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
  • Mecopodini 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)
    • Characta Redtenbacher, 1892 (Malesia)
    • Eumecopoda Hebard, 1922 (Philippines, PNG, Australia)
    • Euthypoda Karsch, 1886 (west and central Africa)
    • Mecopoda Serville, 1831 (India, China, Korea, Japan, Indo-China, Malesia, Melanesia)
  • Pomatonotini Willemse, 1961 (Southern Africa)
    • Pomatonota Burmeister, 1838
  • Sexavaini Karny, 1924 (Australasia, up to the Philippines)
    • 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
    • Segestes (insect) Stål, 1877
    • Segestidea Bolívar, 1903
    • Sexava Walker, 1870
  • - tribe Sexavaini - genus group Mossulae (Java through to PNG 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
  • Tabariini Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (south America)
    • Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
    • Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
    • Tabaria (insect) Walker, 1870
  • Tribe undetermined
    • Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
    • Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka)
    • Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 (PNG)
    • Corycoides Uvarov, 1939 (Africa)
    • Elumiana Uvarov, 1940 (Congo)
    • Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1891 (east Africa)
    • Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands)
    • Kheilia Bolívar, 1898 (PNG)
    • Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886 (Socotra)
    • Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 (east Africa)
    • Vetralla (insect) Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka)
    • Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)

References

  1. ↑ Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
  2. ↑
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