Species

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878): male stridulatory area (specimen from Colombia, Magdalena). (Otu).

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878): male habitus. (Otu).

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878): female left tegmen. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1532278; NMW 5985, 33e88340-f568-4954-9743-c8c7fdac90e3: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1532278; NMW 5985, 33e88340-f568-4954-9743-c8c7fdac90e3: female, left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1532278; NMW 5985, 33e88340-f568-4954-9743-c8c7fdac90e3: female, right tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1532278; NMW 5985, 33e88340-f568-4954-9743-c8c7fdac90e3: ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1532278; NMW 5985, 33e88340-f568-4954-9743-c8c7fdac90e3: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

Microcentrum colosseum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 341.
Holotype; female; NMW 5985; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Colombia: Magdalena: Santa Marta
Microcentrum colosseum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 180.

Tropicophyllum colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Mendes & Rafael, 2025: 118.
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) colosseum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Gorochov, 2026: 28.

References (16)

Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up

Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Braun, H., Montealegre-Z., F., Romero, R.I., Serna Marquez, F.H. & González, R. (2011) Checklist and new distribution records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3023, 1–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/240124470_Checklist_and_new_distribution_records_of_katydids_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_from_Colombia

Falk, J.J., Ter Hofstede, H.M., Jones, P.L., Dixon, M.M., Faure, P.A., Kalko, E.K.V. & Page, R.A. (2015) Sensory-based niche partitioning in a multiple predator–multiple prey community. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455811/

Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01

Grant, H.J., Jr. (1958) The Neotropical katydid genus Rossophyllum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 83, 209–219. [1957]

Heiner, R., Lang, A.B. & Hartbauer, M. (2008) No correlation of body size and high-frequency hearing sensitivity in neotropical phaneropterine katydids. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(2), 343–346. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.343

Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. (2008) Replacement names among the genus and family group taxa in Orthoptera. Centre for Entomological Studies, Miscellaneous Papers, 141, 1–5. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraMiscellaneousPapers141

Mendes, D.M.de M. & Rafael, J.A. (2025) Review of Anapolisia Piza, 1980 and Tropicophyllum Koçak & Kemal, 2008 stat. rev. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini). Zootaxa, 5564(1), 1–184. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1

Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.

Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Symes, L.B., Madhusudhana, S., Martinson, S.J., Kernan, C.E., Hodge, K.B., Salisbury, D.P., Klinck, H. & Ter Hofstede, H.M. (2022) Estimation of katydid calling activity from soundscape recordings. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 31(2), 173–180. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/73373/list/1/

Symes, L.B., Page, R.A. & Ter Hofstede, H.M. (2016) Effects of acoustic environment on male calling activity and timing in Neotropical forest katydids. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-016-2157-4
Ter Hofstede, H.M., Symes, L.B., Martinson, S.J., Robillard, T., Faure, P.A., Madhusudhana, S. & Page, R.A. (2020) Calling songs of Neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Panama. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 29(2), 137–201. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/46371/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: colossal, huge or gigantic.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	5	6