Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including many Pacific islands.
Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids". It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to Phaneropterinae and Pseudophyllinae. Although , Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, C. Liu, and M. Volleth. 2014. Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa. 3785: 343–376. with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.
Tribes and genera , the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 June 2018)
Acridoxenini Auth: Zeuner, 1936 (West Africa) Acridoxena White, 1865
Aprosphylini Auth: Naskrecki, 1994 (southern Africa) Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888 Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994 Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994 Griffiniana Karny, 1910 Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1898 Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916
Leproscirtini Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa) Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
Mecopodini Auth: Walker, 1871 (Africa, Asia: India through to Australia) Afromecopoda Uvarov, 1940 (west and central Africa) Anoedopoda Karsch, 1891 (Africa) Arachnacris Giebel, 1861 (Malesia) Austromecopoda Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2006 (Australia) Characta Redtenbacher, 1892 (Malesia) Eumecopoda Hebard, 1922 (Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia) Mecopoda Serville, 1831 (India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malesia, Melanesia)
Pomatonotini Auth: Willemse, 1961 (southern Africa) Pomatonota Burmeister, 1838
Sexavini Auth: Karny, 1924 ("Sexavaini" was an orthographical variant) - central Malesia to Australia (not Sumatra or mainland Asia) Biroa Bolívar, 1903 Gressittiella Willemse, 1961 Leptophyoides Willemse, 1961 Paraphrictidea Willemse, 1933 Phrictaeformia Willemse, 1961 Phrictaetypus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 Phrictidea Bolívar, 1911 Pseudophrictaetypus Willemse, 1961 Pseudophyllanax Walker, 1869 subtribe Mossulina (Java to Papua New Guinea and Pacific islands) Albertisiella Griffini, 1908 Dasyphleps Karsch, 1891 Diaphlebopsis Karny, 1931 Diaphlebus Karsch, 1891 Huona Kuthy, 1910 Mossula Walker, 1869 Mossuloides Willemse, 1940 Neodiaphlebus Kästner, 1934 Ocica Walker, 1869 Paradiaphlebopsis Kästner, 1934 Paradiaphlebus Bolívar, 1903 Paramossula Willemse, 1940 subtribe Sexavina (Australasia to the Philippines) Segestes Stål, 1877 Segestidea Bolívar, 1903 Sexava Walker, 1870
Tabariini Auth: Braun, Chamorro Rengifo & Morris, 2009 (South America) Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892 Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892 Tabaria Walker, 1870
Tribe unallocated Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Africa) Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940 (Sri Lanka) Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 (Papua New Guinea) Corycoides Uvarov, 1939 (Africa) Elumiana Uvarov, 1940 (Congo) Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1891 (east Africa) Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892 (Pacific islands) Kheilia Bolívar, 1898 (Papua New Guinea) Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886 (Socotra) Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 (east Africa) Strongyloderus: S. serraticollis Westwood, 1834 (India) Vetralla (insect) (Sri Lanka: synonym Euthypoda ) Zacatula Walker, 1870 (eastern Indonesia)
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