Pseudophyllus titan explained

Pseudophyllus titan, the giant false leaf katydid (a name also used for a few other species), is a species of leaf-mimic bush-cricket of the subfamily Pseudophyllinae found in the canopy of tropical forests in Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangladesh (the species' type locality is Sylhet), northeastern India (Assam and Nagaland), and southernmost China (Yunnan).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is among the largest species in the genus Pseudophyllus, which also makes it one of the world's largest Orthoptera, with a typical length of from head to tip of the folded wings and a wingspan of .^{[5] [6]} Like many other species of crickets and grasshoppers, the male is capable of stridulation, producing a relatively loud and distinctive, bird-like chirp; it usually stridulates ("sings") at night.^[4]

Commercialized framed specimens sold to insect collectors can often be found under the name "Sasuma grasshopper". In some parts of its range, it is sometimes roasted and eaten as a snack.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1140563 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 26 December 2017)
2. Senthilkumar . N.. Barthakur . N.D. . Borah . N.J. . 2006 . Orthopteran fauna of the Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam . Zoos' Print Journal . 21 . 8 . 2347-2349 . 10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1442a.2347-9 .
3. Mozhui . L.. Kakati . L.N. . Kiewhuo . P. . Changkija. S. . 2020 . Traditional Knowledge of the Utilization of Edible Insects in Nagaland, North-East India. Foods . 9 . 7 . 852 . 10.3390/foods9070852 . free . 7404660 .
4. Li . Junjian . etal . 2019 . Phylogeny and acoustic signal evolution of a pure tone song katydid Pseudophyllus titan (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) based on the complete mitogenome . Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal . 30 . 3 . 385-396 . 10.1080/24701394.2018.1502280 .
5. Book: Nakládal, O. . 2012 . General and systematic entomology . Czech University of Life Sciences Prague . 77 . 978-80-213-2325-4 .
6. Storozhenko . S.Y. . 2017 . First record of Pseudophyllus titan White, 1846 (Orthoptera: Tettiginiidae, Pseudophyllinae) from Vietnam . Far Eastern Entomologist . 348 . 15-16 . 10.25221/fee.348.2 . free .