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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Oxyphyllum Hancock, 1909

Type

type species by original designation of Oxyphyllum Hancock, 1909

Nomenclature (16)

  • Plagiocephalus Fieber, 1845: 405. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Plagiocephalus pachymerus Fieber, 1845

  • Oxyphyllum Hancock, 1909: 393.

    type species by original designation Oxyphyllum pennatum Hancock, 1909

  • Fieberiana Kirby, 1914 (classified as Tetriginae Rambur, 1838) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 419.
  • Fieberiana Kirby, 1914 (subjective synonym of Oxyphyllum Hancock, 1909) in Braun, 2026: 448.

References (13)

  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
  • Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8
  • Fieber, F.X. (1845) Entomologische Monographien. Sieben Abhandlungen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 5(3), 277–416, 10 pls.
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1909) Further studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 387–426, pl. 22. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51002#page/693/mode/1up
  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Rambur (1838) Orthoptères. In Faune entomologique de l’Andalousie. Vol. 2, 12–94 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=d54-AAAAcAAJ
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Skejo, J., Gupta, S.K., Chandra, K., Panhwar, W.A. & Franjević, D. (2019) Oriental macropterous leaf-mimic pygmy grasshoppers - genera Oxyphyllum and Paraphyllum (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and their taxonomic assignment. Zootaxa, 4590(5), 546–560.
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from allied genus Xerophyllum with prefix oxy = sharp or acute.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species1056