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.

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