genus
Xiphophyllum Beier, 1960
Type
Diophanes atrosignatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 type species by original designation of Xiphophyllum Beier, 1960
Nomenclature (1)
- Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960: 19.
type species by original designation Diophanes atrosignatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895
Nomenclature references (1)
- Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From Greek ξῐ́φος, sword, probably relating to the large female ovipositor, and -phyllum, leaf, a common ending of genus names in Pseudophyllinae.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| subgenus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| species | 13 | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| subspecies | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |