Tettigoniinae Explained

The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.

Distribution

The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crickets (e.g. in the genera Metrioptera, Pholidoptera, Platycleis and the type genus Tettigonia) are in this subfamily. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna, which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in turn related to Australian and North American genera in the tribe Nedubini (e.g. Neduba and Aglaothorax).[1] Extant genera are native to: the Americas (where they may be called shield-backed katydids), Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa and Madagascar (in tribe Arytropteridini), although the three faunas are related.

Tribes and genera

In the Orthoptera Species File, the following are listed:[2]

Arytropteridini

Auth. Caudell, 1908; distribution: Southern Africa

  1. Alfredectes Rentz, 1988
  2. Anarytropteris Uvarov, 1924
  3. Arytropteris Herman, 1874
  4. Ceresia Uvarov, 1928 - monotypic Ceresia pulchripes
  5. Namaquadectes Rentz, 1988
  6. Thoracistus Pictet, 1888
  7. Toliaridectes Hugel, 2019
  8. Transkeidectes Naskrecki, 1992
  9. Zuludectes Rentz, 1988

Ctenodecticini

Auth. Caudell, 1908; distribution: Palaearctic

  1. Ctenodecticus Bolívar, 1877
  2. Miramiola Uvarov, 1939

Decticini

Auth. Herman, 1874 (synonyms Decticidae or Dectici Herman, 1874); distribution: Palaearctic

  1. Decticus Serville, 1831

Drymadusini

Auth. Uvarov, 1924; distribution: Palaearctic, Nearctic

  1. Afrodrymadusa Ramme, 1939
  2. Ammoxenulus Bey-Bienko, 1951
  3. Anadolua Ramme, 1939
  4. Anadrymadusa Karabag, 1961
  5. Anatlanticus Bey-Bienko, 1951
  6. Atlanticus Scudder, 1894
  7. Bergiola Stshelkanovtzev, 1910
  8. Bienkoxenus Cejchan, 1968
  9. Calopterusa Uvarov, 1942
  10. Ceraeocercus Uvarov, 1910
  11. Delodusa Stolyarov, 1994
  12. Drymadusa Stein, 1860
  13. Drymadusella Ramme, 1939
  14. Drymapedes Bey-Bienko, 1967
  15. Eulithoxenus Bey-Bienko, 1951
  16. Exodrymadusa Karabag, 1961
  17. Ferganusa Uvarov, 1926
  18. Iranusa Uvarov, 1942
  19. Kansua Uvarov, 1933
  20. Leptodusa Stolyarov, 1994
  21. Lithodusa Bey-Bienko, 1951
  22. Lithoxenus Bey-Bienko, 1951
  23. Microdrymadusa Bey-Bienko, 1967
  24. Mixodusa Stolyarov, 1994
  25. Mongolodectes Bey-Bienko, 1951
  26. Novadrymadusa Demirsoy, Salman & Sevgili, 2002
  27. Paradrymadusa Herman, 1874
  28. Paratlanticus Ramme, 1939
  29. Pezodrymadusa Karabag, 1961
  30. Phytodrymadusa Ramme, 1939
  31. Ptosoproctus Shen, Yin & He, 2021
  32. Scotodrymadusa Ramme, 1939
  33. Sichuana Yin & Shen, 2020
  34. Tadzhikia Mistshenko, 1954
  35. Uvarovina Ramme, 1939
  36. Zagrosiella Mirzayans, 1991

Gampsocleidini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Palaearctic

  1. Gampsocleis Fieber, 1852
  2. Uvarovites Tarbinsky, 1932 - monotypic U. inflatus (Uvarov, 1924) - mainland E. Asia

Glyphonotini

Auth. Tarbinsky, 1932 (synonyms: Glyphonotinae Tarbinsky, 1932; Glyphontini); distribution: Palaearctic, Australia

  1. Calliphona Krauss, 1892
  2. Chlorodectes Rentz, 1985
  3. Ectopistidectes Rentz, 1985
  4. Glyphonotus Redtenbacher, 1889
  5. Metaballus Herman, 1874
  6. Psalmatophanes Chopard, 1938

Nedubini

Auth. Gorochov, 1988; distribution: Americas, Australia

Onconotini

Auth. Tarbinsky, 1940; distribution: Palaearctic

Pholidopterini

Auth. Ramme, 1951; distribution: Palaearctic

  1. Aparapholidoptera Çiplak, 2020
  2. Apholidoptera Maran, 1953
  3. Eupholidoptera Maran, 1953
  4. Exopholidoptera Ünal, 1998
  5. Parapholidoptera Maran, 1953
  6. Pholidoptera Wesmaël, 1838
  7. Psorodonotus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861
  8. Spinopholidoptera Çiplak, 2020
  9. Uvarovistia Maran, 1953

Plagiostirini

Auth. Storozhenko, 1994; distribution: Nearctic

Platycleidini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Nearctic, Palaearctic, probably through to Australasia

Tettigoniini

Auth. Krauss, 1902; distribution: Nearctic, Palaearctic, possibly through to Australasia

  1. Acrodectes
  2. Amphiestris
  3. Apote
  4. Ateloplus
  5. Capnobotes
  6. Cyrtophyllicus
  7. Elasmocercus
  8. Evergoderes
  9. Farsodecticus
  10. Hubbellia
  11. Hyphinomos
  12. Idionotus
  13. Medecticus
  14. Nanodectes
  15. Platyoplus
  16. Sureyaella
  17. Tettigonia
  18. Thyreonotus
  19. Zacycloptera

Tribe incertae sedis

Examples and Gallery

The Mormon cricket, actually a katydid and member of this subfamily, has been known to cause extensive damage when it breeds in large numbers in cropland. 123 species are native to North America.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Rentz. D. C. F.. The shield-backed katylids of Southern Africa: their taxonomy, ecology and relationships to the faunas of Australia and South America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae) . Invertebrate Systematics . 1988 . 2 . 2 . 223 . 10.1071/IT9880223 . 25 October 2017.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1141619 Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Tettigoniinae Krauss, 1902 (retrieved 17 November 2021)

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