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Tettigonia
Tettigonia is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The scientific name Tettigonia is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.
Ephippiger
Ephippiger is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.
Isophya
Isophya is a genus of bush crickets, in the tribe Barbitistini, found from mainland Europe to western Asia.
Phaneroptera
Phaneroptera is an Old World genus of bush crickets in the family Tettigoniidae and is the type genus of the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It was described by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1831, and the species are recorded from Europe, Africa and Asia.
Platycleis
Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.
Saga
genus of insects
Conocephalus
thumb|Conocephalus saltator female nymph, Fiji thumb|Conocephalus albescens thumb|Conocephalus fuscus thumb|Conocephalus magdalenae Conocephalus is a genus of bush crickets, known as coneheads (a term also sometimes applied to members of the related genus Ruspolia). It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.
Poecilimon
thumb|P. bilgeri nymph Poecilimon is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in: central and Southeast Europe (including Italy and the Southern Alps, Southern Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria), the south of the European part of the former USSR, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus, Persia and extends in Central Asia to the Altai Mountains.
Decticus
Decticus is the "wart-biter" genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae; it is the sole genus in the monotypic tribe Decticini Herman, 1874.
Macroxiphus
Macroxiphus is a small genus of bush crickets or katydids distributed in Southeast Asia and Micronesia. The nymphs (immature stages) of the insects mimic ants.
Metrioptera
Metrioptera is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae, include the bog and meadow bush crickets. They are found in Eurasia.
Pholidoptera
Pholidoptera is a genus of bush-crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae and the type genus of the tribe Pholidopterini.
Meconema
Meconema is the type genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.
Hemisaga
Hemisaga is a genus of katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. It contains the following species:
Ixalodectes
Ixalodectes is a genus of Australian bush crickets.
Belocephalus
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.
Phasmodes
Phasmodes, known as stick katydids, is a genus of Australian insects in the family Tettigoniidae and the only genus within the subfamily Phasmodinae.
Tylopsis
Tylopsis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and the monotypic tribe Tylopsidini. Species are found in mainland Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Onconotus
Onconotus is a genus of bush cricket in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is the only representative of the monotypic tribe Onconotini and species have been recorded from eastern Europe and western Asia.
Aglaothorax
Aglaothorax is a genus of ovate shieldbacks in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about six described species in Aglaothorax.
Polysarcus
Polysarcus is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in western Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia), Middle East through to Afghanistan.
Neduba
Neduba is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae (katydids), which is native to North America.
Anabrus
Anabrus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae that includes the Mormon cricket.
Euconocephalus
Euconocephalus is a genus of bush cricket in the 'conehead' tribe Copiphorini.
Kawanaphila
Kawanaphila is a genus of insects in family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) from Australia. It was described in 1993 by David C. Rentz.
Pachysaga
Pachysaga is a genus of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.
Atlanticus
Atlanticus is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the tribe Drymadusini. It has a discontinuous recorded distribution (possibly incomplete) in North America and temperate eastern Asia.
Microcentrum
thumb|Lesser angle-wing katydidMicrocentrum retinerve, Jamaica thumb|Eggs of Microcentrum. Microcentrum is a genus of phaneropterid katydids, sometimes known as "angle-wing katydids" and found in the Americas.
Odontura
genus of insects
Scudderia
Scudderia is a genus of katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. They are sometimes called bush katydids and are 30–38 mm in length. Their range is much of North America from southern Canada southward in deciduous forests, shrublands, grasslands. Some can even be in more lush parts of some desert areas from southern California southward. They are herbivores, with nymphs feeding primarily on flowers and adults preferring woody deciduous plants.
Orchelimum
Orchelimum is a genus of katydid with 21 known species.
Coptaspis
Coptaspis is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Agraeciini, containing the following species:
Zaprochilus
Zaprochilus, the twig-mimicking katydids, is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Zaprochilinae. They are found in Australia.
Idiostatus
Idiostatus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and tribe Platycleidini, which are native to western North America.
Windbalea
Windbalea is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae. It contains the following species: Windbalea viride Rentz, 1993 Windbalea warrooa Rentz, 1993
Psacadonotus
Psacadonotus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae.
Acilacris
Acilacris is a genus of "false shieldback" bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Meconematinae, found in southern Africa.
Pseudorhynchus
Pseudorhynchus is an Asian genus of bush crickets in the tribe Copiphorini, belonging to the 'conehead' subfamily Conocephalinae.
Thaumaspis
Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The known distribution is from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java), but records are probably incomplete.
Nanodectes
Nanodectes is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae. Species of the genus are found in Australia.
Nicephora
Nicephora is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. They are found in India, Sri Lanka, southern China, and Vietnam.
Insara
Insara, commonly known as western bush katydids, is a genus of katydids in the family Tettigoniidae.
Xestophrys
Xestophrys is an Asian genus of bush crickets in the tribe Copiphorini, belonging to the 'conehead' subfamily Conocephalinae.
Neoconocephalus
Neoconocephalus is a genus of katydids or bush crickets in the tribe Copiphorini, from the Americas.
Cloniella
Cloniella is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae with species found in Africa.
Kuzicus
Kuzicus is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae.
Xiphidiopsis
Xiphidiopsis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae. Species have been recorded from: India, China, Japan,Indochina, Malesia, and islands in the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Alloteratura
Alloteratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini (subfamily Meconematinae). They are found in India, China, Indochina, and Malesia to New Guinea.
Copiphora
Copiphora is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae (coneheads) from southern Mexico, Central America and South America, with a single doubtful species, C. subulata, from Africa.
Hexacentrus
Hexacentrus is the type genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Hexacentrinae. Most species of this genus occur in Southeast Asia and in Africa.
Teratura
Teratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini (subfamily Meconematinae). Species have been recorded from India, Indo-China, China and Peninsular Malaysia.
Clonia
genus of insects
Yersinella
Yersinella is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. They are native to Europe. The genus name commemorates the entomologist who described the type species in 1860.
Decma
Decma is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini: in the subfamily Meconematinae.
Metaplastes
Metaplastes is a genus of southern European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini.
Pterophylla
genus of insects
Supersonus
thumb|High-speed video recording of Supersonus aequoreus during sound production. thumb|right|upright|Supersonus piercei female in Colombia thumb|right|upright|Supersonus sp. male in Ecuador Supersonus is a genus of katydids in the order Orthoptera first described in 2014. The genus contains three species which are endemic to the rainforests of South America. Its name is an allusion to the fact that the males, in order to attract the females, produce a very high frequency noise which can reach 150 kHz (using only the right wing). This has been considered the highest frequency ultrasonic n
Grigoriora
Grigoriora is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini: in the subfamily Meconematinae.
Anelytra
Anelytra is an Asian genus of bush crickets in the tribe Agraeciini, belonging to the 'conehead' subfamily Conocephalinae.
Xizicus
Xizicus is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. They are found in India, China, Korea, and Indochina.