Mecopodinae

Mecopodinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Infraorder:	Tettigoniidea
Superfamily:	Tettigonioidea
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Mecopodinae; Walker, 1871
Synonyms
	(Acrdidoxenini) Mecopodidae Walker, 1871; Mecopodidi Walker, 1871;

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 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)

Acridoxena White, 1865

[]

Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa)

Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
Naskrecki, 1994
Naskrecki, 1994
Griffiniana Karny, 1910
Brancsik, 1898
Péringuey, 1916

Leproscirtini[]

Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)

Karsch, 1891

illustration

Unknown species

Mecopoda elongata

Mecopodini[]

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

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

Pomatonotini[]

Auth: Willemse, 1961 (southern Africa)

Pomatonota Burmeister, 1838

Sexavaini[]

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

Bolívar, 1903
Willemse, 1961
Willemse, 1961
Willemse, 1933
Willemse, 1961
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
Bolívar, 1911
Willemse, 1961
Walker, 1869

genus group Mossulae Willemse, 1961

(Java to Papua New Guinea and Pacific islands)

Albertisiella Griffini, 1908
Karsch, 1891
Karny, 1931
Karsch, 1891
Kuthy, 1910
Walker, 1869
Willemse, 1940
Kästner, 1934
Walker, 1869
Kästner, 1934
Bolívar, 1903
Willemse, 1940

genus group Sexavae Karny, 1924

(Australasia to the Philippines)

Segestes Stål, 1877
Bolívar, 1903
Walker, 1870

[]

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

Redtenbacher, 1892
Redtenbacher, 1892
Walker, 1870

Tribe unallocated[]

Karsch, 1891 (Africa)
Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka)
Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)
Uvarov, 1939 (Africa)
Uvarov, 1940 (Congo)
Karsch, 1891 (east Africa)
Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands)
Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea)
Karsch, 1886 (Socotra)
Karsch, 1896 (east Africa)
Walker, 1869 (Sri Lanka)
Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)

References[]

^ Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
^ Jump up to: ^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 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)

[1] Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101

[osf-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)

[mug2018-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[heller2014-4] 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.

[rentz2006-5] 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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