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.[2][3]
Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids".[citation needed] It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to
Phaneropterinae and
Pseudophyllinae.[3] Although as of December 2018[update], Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family
Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,[4] with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae,
Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.
Tribes and genera
As of June 2018[update], the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]
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abMugleston, Joseph D; Naegle, Michael; Song, Hojun; Whiting, Michael F (July 2018). "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Reveals Extensive Ecomorph Convergence and Widespread Taxonomic Incongruence". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2 (4).
doi:
10.1093/isd/ixy010.
^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.
^Rentz, D. C. F.; You Ning Su; Norihiro Ueshima (2006). "Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: The Mecopodine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Mecopodinae; Mecopodini)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 132 (1/2): 1–23.
doi:
10.3157/0002-8320(2006)132[1:SIATTM]2.0.CO;2.
JSTOR25078910.
S2CID86264977.