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subgenus

Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960

Type

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

Nomenclature (3)

  • Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960: 19.

    type species by original designation Diophanes atrosignatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

  • Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960 in Beier, 1963: 130.
  • Xiphophyllum (Xiphophyllum) Beier, 1960 in Otte, 1997: 225.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
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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

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Rank Total Valid Invalid
subgenus110
species440
subspecies844