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Tribe

Phlugidini Eichler, 1938

crystal predatory katydids

Type

type genus of Phlugidini Eichler, 1938

Nomenclature (18)

  • Phlugidini Eichler, 1938

    type genus Phlugis Stål, 1861

  • Phlugini Eichler, 1938: 565.

    type genus Phlugis Stål, 1861

  • Phlugidini Eichler, 1938 in Tavares, Acosta & Timm, 2022: 570.
  • Phlugidini Eichler, 1938 (classified as Meconematinae Burmeister, 1838) in Gorochov, 2026: 385.

References (16)

  • Eichler, W. (1938) Lebensraum und Lebensgeschichte der Dahlemer Palmenhausheuschrecke Phlugiola dahlemica nov. spec. (Orthop. Tettigoniid.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, special edition, 497–570.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Jin, X. (1993) New species of the Xiphidiopsis-group from the Indian region (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Meconematidae). Tropical Zoology, 6, 253–274.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Jin, X. (1993) Remarks on the tribe Phlugidini Eichler and recognition of new taxa from the Indo-Malayan region and East Africa (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Meconematidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7(6), 1589–1610.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1998) New and little known Meconematinae of the tribes Meconematini and Phlugidini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 7(1), 101–131. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/1998/97%20Meconematini%20&%20Phlugidini%201998.pdf
  • 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) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2012) Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 5. Far Eastern Entomologist, 252, 1–26. Available at https://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/Publication/383
  • Mugleston, J.D., Song, H. & Whiting, M.F. (2013) A century of paraphyly: a molecular phylogeny of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) supports multiple origins of leaf-like wings. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69(3), 1120–1134. Available at http://schistocerca.org/PDF/Mugleston%20et%20al.%202013%20(MPE).pdf
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & García García, A. (2014) Nuevos taxones de la tribu Phlugidini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) de los Andes y pie de monte llanero de Colombia, con comentarios acerca del estatus actual de la tribu. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 54, 85–90. Available at http://sea-entomologia.org/PDF/Boletin54/085090BSEA54PhlugidiniAndes.pdf
  • Mendes, D.M.de M., Oliveira, J.C., Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Rafael, J.A. (2018) Two new genera of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa, 4438(2), 261–282.
  • Mugleston, J.D., Naegle, M., Song, H. & Whiting, M.F. (2018) A comprehensive phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) reveals extensive ecomorph convergence and widespread taxonomic incongruence. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2(4), 1–27. Available at http://schistocerca.org/PDF/Mugleston%20et%20al.%202018%20(ISD).pdf
  • Tan, M.K., Montealegre-Z., F., Wahab, R.A., Lee, C.-Y., Belabute, D., Japir, R. & Chung, A.Y.C. (2019) Ultrasonic songs and stridulum anatomy of Asiophlugis crystal predatory katydids (Tettigonioidea: Meconematinae: Phlugidini). Bioacoustics. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/C5KKETEC7DZUHEUD67CI/full?target=10.1080%2F09524622.2019.1637783&fbclid=IwAR2SRYTiniNa4mozUmXEXGpUUYJdx9YhoKFWOBQ3TL4ksl2HJSbx4bHFJLQ
  • Tavares, G.C., Acosta, R.C. & Timm, V.F. (2022) A new species of Cephalophlugis Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) from southern Brazil, with bioacoustics and cytogenetics. Zootaxa, 5182(6), 567–581.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 14: the tribe Phlugidini. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 330(3), 384–403. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2026.330.3.384

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Tribe1012
Genus2111638
Subgenus4015
Species122196219
Subspecies90312