Tettigoniidae

Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.

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Meconematinae is a subfamily of the bush crickets, with a worldwide distribution (but very limited representation in Antarctica and North America).

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Kawanaphila is a genus of insects in family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) from Australia. It was described in 1993 by David C. Rentz.

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Hemisaga is a genus of katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. It contains the following species:

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Phasmodes, known as stick katydids, is a genus of Australian insects in the family Tettigoniidae and the only genus within the subfamily Phasmodinae.

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Belocephalus is a genus of short-winged coneheads in the family Tettigoniidae. Coneheads are a type of bush crickets or katydids. There are about eight described species in Belocephalus.

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The Saginae, commonly known as the predatory katydids or predatory bush-crickets, is a subfamily of the family Tettigoniidae (the bush-crickets or katydids). They are mostly found in Europe, west and central Asia and southern Africa.

Anabrus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae that includes the Mormon cricket.

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Zaprochilus, the twig-mimicking katydids, is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Zaprochilinae. They are found in Australia.

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Abaxisotima is a genus of bush crickets found in China.

Pachysaga is a genus of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.

Tessellana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by Zeuner in 1941. Species can be found throughout mainland Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Bicolorana is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. Species can be found in many parts of mainland Europe (but not the British Isles, Iberia or most of Scandinavia), through central Asia to the Korean peninsula.

Psacadonotus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae.

Windbalea is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae. It contains the following species: Windbalea viride Rentz, 1993 Windbalea warrooa Rentz, 1993

The Phyllophorinae is a subfamily of the bush crickets or katydids, found in east Malesia to Australia (with a record from Sri Lanka).

Chlorobalius is a monotypic genus of Australian bush crickets (katydids) in the tribe Terpandrini containing the single species Chlorobalius leucoviridis, sometimes known as the spotted predatory katydid. C. leucoviridis is a predator and is an acoustic aggressive mimic of cicadas; by imitating the sounds and movements made by female cicadas, it lures male cicadas to within its reach and then eats them.

Lanista is a genus of African bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the subfamily Conocephalinae.

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Zaprochilinae is a subfamily of bush-crickets found in Australia; the type genus is Zaprochilus.

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Hexacentrus is the type genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Hexacentrinae. Most species of this genus occur in Southeast Asia and in Africa.

Peringueyella is a genus of African predatory bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae.

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