genus

Paraphisis Karny, 1912

Spider Katydids

Type

Paraphisis helleri Karny, 1912 type species by original monotypy of Paraphisis Karny, 1912

Paraphisis Karny, 1912: 17.
type species by original monotypy Paraphisis helleri Karny, 1912
Paraphisis Karny, 1912 in Jin & Kevan, 1992: 233.

Jin, X. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1992) Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the tribe Phisidini (Insecta: Grylloptera: Meconematidae). Theses Zoologicae, 18, 360 pp.
Karny, H.H. (1912) Conocephaliden (Orthoptera Locustoidea) aus Neuguinea hauptsächlich gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden, 14(2), 1–23. Available at https://archive.org/details/biostor-242409/mode/1up?view=theater

Rentz, D.C.F. (2001) The Listroscelidinae, Tympanophorinae, Meconematinae and Microtettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 3, 1–524 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=rz6bHWhrbhMC
Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) In A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from Phisis Stål, 1861.