| Pseudophyllus titan | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudophyllinae |
| Supertribe: | Pseudophylliti |
| Tribe: | Pseudophyllini |
| Genus: | Pseudophyllus |
| Species: | P. titan
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophyllus titan | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudophyllus rex (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893) | |
Pseudophyllus titan, the giant false leaf katydid (a name also used for a few other species), is a species of leaf-mimic bush-cricket of the subfamily Pseudophyllinae found in the canopy of tropical forests in Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangladesh (the species' type locality is Sylhet), northeastern India ( Assam and Nagaland), and southernmost China ( Yunnan). [2] [3] [4] [5] It is among the largest species in the genus Pseudophyllus, which also makes it one of the world's largest Orthoptera, with a typical length of 13 cm (5.1 in) from head to tip of the folded wings and a wingspan of c. 23 cm (9.1 in). [6] [7] Like many other species of crickets and grasshoppers, the male is capable of stridulation, producing a relatively loud and distinctive, bird-like chirp; it usually stridulates ("sings") at night. [5]
Commercialized framed specimens sold to insect collectors can often be found under the name "Sasuma grasshopper". In some parts of its range, it is sometimes roasted and eaten as a snack. [4]
References
- ^ White A (1846) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 1 18: 23-24.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 26 December 2017)
- ^ Senthilkumar, N.; Barthakur, N.D.; Borah, N.J. (2006). "Orthopteran fauna of the Gibbon wildlife sanctuary, Assam". Zoos' Print Journal. 21 (8): 2347–2349. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1442a.2347-9.
- ^ a b Mozhui, L.; Kakati, L.N.; Kiewhuo, P.; Changkija, S. (2020). "Traditional Knowledge of the Utilization of Edible Insects in Nagaland, North-East India". Foods. 9 (7): 852. doi: 10.3390/foods9070852. PMC 7404660.
- ^ a b Li, Junjian; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny and acoustic signal evolution of a pure tone song katydid Pseudophyllus titan (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) based on the complete mitogenome". Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 30 (3): 385–396. doi: 10.1080/24701394.2018.1502280.
- ^ Nakládal, O. (2012). General and systematic entomology. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. p. 77. ISBN 978-80-213-2325-4.
- ^ Storozhenko, S.Y. (2017). "First record of Pseudophyllus titan White, 1846 (Orthoptera: Tettiginiidae, Pseudophyllinae) from Vietnam". Far Eastern Entomologist. 348: 15–16. doi: 10.25221/fee.348.2.
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