Mecopodinae

Mecopodinae, the long-legged katydids, 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]

Mecopodinae
Mecopoda nipponensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Mecopodinae
Walker, 1871[1]
Synonyms

(Acrdidoxenini)

  • Mecopodidae Walker, 1871
  • Mecopodidi Walker, 1871

Mecopodinae is a paraphyletic grouping that is 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.

Mecopodinae is part of the Phaneropteroid clade, characterized by their leaf-like forms. The subfamily is widespread, mostly in tropical areas.[3]

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 (Australasia 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 Stål, 1877
  • Segestidea Bolívar, 1903
  • Sexava Walker, 1870

Sexavaini

Auth: (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

Tabariini

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

  • Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
  • Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
  • Tabaria (insect) Walker, 1870

Tribe unallocated
  • 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)
  • 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. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
  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. 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. Rentz, D. C. F., You Ning Su and 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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