Species

Microcentrum (Microcentrum) rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859)

broad-winged katydid; greater angle-wing katydid

Microcentrum (Microcentrum) rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859): Fig. 158. male habitus. (Otu).

Microcentrum (Microcentrum) rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859): Fig. 4. male cercus, ventral view of apex. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1522552; 47a5664e-cbe4-4a80-8dce-6db328ecb028: male, pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (holotype of Microcentrum affiliatum). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (33)

Phylloptera (Orophus) rhombifolia Saussure, 1859: 204. (valid)
Syntype; 6e1e53a2-5a33-47ca-974d-3567b3654b03; North America
Microcentrum affiliatum Scudder, 1862: 447.
Holotype; male; 47a5664e-cbe4-4a80-8dce-6db328ecb028; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); North America, Southeastern and South-central; Florida and Texas

Phylloptera (Orophus) rhombifolia Saussure, 1859 (subjective synonym of Gryllus (Tettigonia) laurifolius Linnaeus, 1758) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 339.
Microcentrum affiliatum Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Gryllus (Tettigonia) laurifolius Linnaeus, 1758) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 339.
Microcentrum affiliatum Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Phylloptera (Orophus) rhombifolia Saussure, 1859) in Kirby, 1906: 482.
Orophus rhombifolia (Saussure, 1859) in Kirby, 1906: 482.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Rehn & Hebard, 1911: 637.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Rehn & Hebard, 1912: 268.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Rehn & Hebard, 1914: 399.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Rehn & Hebard, 1916: 256.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1925: 299.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1932: 195.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1932: 316.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Fulton, 1933
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1934: 207.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1935: 309.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1938: 34.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1939
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hebard, 1945: 94.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Tinkham, 1948: 625.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Spooner, 1968: 199.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Nickle & Carlysle, 1975
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Nickle, 1976: 1136.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 88.
Microcentrum affiliatum Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Phylloptera (Orophus) rhombifolia Saussure, 1859) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 184.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 184.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Bland, 2003: 162.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 157, Plate 35.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Barrientos-Lozano, Zárate-Torres, Horta-Vega & Almaguer-Sierra, 2008: 10.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 143.
Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Hollier & Heads, 2015: 317.

Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Fernández-Azuara, Rocha-Sánchez, Barrientos-Lozano, Correa-Sandoval & Almaguer-Sierra, 2018
Microcentrum (Microcentrum) rhombifolium (Saussure, 1859) in Gorochov, 2026: 30, 52, 53.

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Alluding to shape of the tegmina (rhombus and folium = leaf).

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	4	5