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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.

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

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
subgenus1001
species4004
subspecies4048