Zaprochilinae
Zaprochilinae | |
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Zaprochilus australis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Zaprochilinae Handlirsch, 1925[1] |
Zaprochilinae is a subfamily of bush-crickets found in Australia;[2] the type genus is Zaprochilus.
Description
[edit]The head is prognathous, the shape of the body is rod-shaped similar to stick insects. They live and feed on flowers. There are winged, short-winged and wingless forms (e.g. females of Kawanaphila).[3][4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/CSIRO_ScienceImage_246_A_Kawanaph_Grasshopper.jpg/220px-CSIRO_ScienceImage_246_A_Kawanaph_Grasshopper.jpg)
Genera
[edit]The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]
- Anthophiloptera: monotypic Anthophiloptera dryas Rentz & Clyne, 1983
- Kawanaphila Rentz, 1993
- Windbalea Rentz, 1993
- Zaprochilus Caudell, 1909
References
[edit]- ^ Handlirsch (1925) In Schröder. Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.) 3:452
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 10 September 2022)
- ^ Rentz DCF (1993) Tettigoniidae of Australia Volume 2: The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae
- ^ Rentz DCF (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia pp. 73—80.
External links
[edit]Media related to Zaprochilinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Zaprochilinae at Wikispecies