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Orthoptera Species File
subgenus

Cnemidophyllum (Cnemidophyllum) Rehn, 1917

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cnemidophyllum Rehn, 1917: 118.

    type species by original designation Posidippus lineatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

  • Cnemidophyllum (Cnemidophyllum) Rehn, 1917 in Otte, 1997: 148.
  • Cnemidophyllum (Cnemidophyllum) Rehn, 1917 in Gorochov, 2025: 30.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Gorochov, A.V. (2025) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 12: the subtribes Steirodontina and Anaulacomerina. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 329(1), 13–47. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2025.329.1.13
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1917) Some critical notes on the giant katydids forming the group Steirodontia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). Entomological News, 28, 107–122. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20201#page/143/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek κνημίς = greaves and φύλλον = leaf, alluding to the lamellate expanded midle and hind tibiae.

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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
subgenus1012
species4048