Sathrophyllia

Sathrophyllia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Suborder:Ensifera
Family:Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:Pseudophyllinae
Genus:Sathrophyllia
Stål, 1874
Species

See text

Synonyms

Dehaania Koningsberger, 1902

Sathrophyllia is a genus of Asian bush cricket or katydid in the sub-family Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and antennae along the branch and hold themselves close to the surface with their middle pair of legs. Some species like S. rugosa have cryptic colouration that matches the bark making them very hard to spot.[1][2][3] Further east, the genus Olcinia also bears a close resemblance, however Sathrophyllia has a relatively smooth margin to the forewing unlike that of Olcinia.[4]

Species

The Orthoptera Species file[5] lists the following:

  • Sathrophyllia arabica Krauss, 1902
  • Sathrophyllia cristata Beier, 1954
  • Sathrophyllia femorata Fabricius, 1787 (synonyms: S. orientalis, S. punctifrons)
  • Sathrophyllia fuliginosa Stål, 1874
  • Sathrophyllia rugosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonyms: S. angustata, S. cornutus, S. torrida, S. ululina)

In addition, two new species 'Sathrophyllia saeedi' and 'Sathrophyllia irshadi' were described in 2014.[6]

Typical posture of S. rugosa

References

  1. ↑ Jellison, W. L. (1945). "Cryptic resemblance in Sathrophyllia rugosa (L.)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 38 (3): 412–413.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1911). Some South Indian Insects and other animals of importance. Madras: Government Press. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Editor (1904). "Illustrations of Ceylon Orthoptera". Spolia Zeylanica. 2 (7): 198–200.
  4. ↑ de Jong, C. "On Indo-Malayan Pterophyllinae (Orthoptera, Family Tettigoniidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 21: 1–109.
  5. ↑ Orthoptera species file
  6. ↑ Sultana, Riffat; Panhwar, Waheed Ali; Wagan, Muhammad Saeed; Khatri, Imran (2014-12-18). "Systematic status of true katydids Sathrophyllia (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Pseudophyllinae) from Pakistan, with description of two new species". ZooKeys. 466: 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.466.8423. ISSN 1313-2970.


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