genus

Xiphophyllum Beier, 1960

Diophanes atrosignatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 type species by original designation of Xiphophyllum Beier, 1960

Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960: 19.
type species by original designation Diophanes atrosignatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.

Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology

Neuter

Etymology:

From Greek ξῐ́φος, sword, probably relating to the large female ovipositor, and -phyllum, leaf, a common ending of genus names in Pseudophyllinae.