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subfamily Mecopodinae Walker, 1871

• Common name(s):  long-legged katydids
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Herbivorous.
• Citations (28):
  • Bolívar, I. 1903. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 1:161-178  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:355  
  • Bruner, L. 1915. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 9(3-4):335  
  • Caudell. 1916. Genera Insectorum 171:4   >> Note: key to genera
  • Handlirsch. 1922. Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.) 3:446, 451  
  • Karny. 1923. Jour. Roy. Asiat. Soc., Malay. Branch 1:117, 161
  • Karny. 1924. Treubia 5(1–3):137–160  
  • Karny. 1927. Zeitschr. gesam. Naturwiss. 88:13 >> Note: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae
  • Handlirsch. 1930[1929]. In Kükenthal & Krumbach. Handbuch der Zoologie: Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches 4:717, 720
  • Karny. 1931. Treubia 12 (Suppl.):65-87
  • Kästner. 1934. Stett. Entomol. Z. 95:23-53  
  • Beier. 1955. Bronns Klass. Ordnung. Tierreichs 5(3(6)):247, 251
  • Willemse, C. 1961. Pacific Insects 3(1):93  
  • Beier. 1962. Tierreich 73:2
  • Beier. 1966. Orthopterorum Catalogus 9:287
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:5 >> Note: Mecopodinae
  • Gorochov. 1988. In Ponomarenko [Ed.]. Cretaceous Biocoenotic Crisis and the Evolution of Insects 159  
  • Naskrecki. 1994[1993]. J. Afr. Zool. 108(3):279
  • Gorochov. 1995. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 260:151
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1996. Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia 103
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:98 >> Note: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae
  • Storozhenko. 2004. Long-horned orthopterans (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Asiatic part of Russia [in Russian] 31 >> Note: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae
  • Shishodia. 2006. Fauna of Nagaland 89  
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 2010. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia 150  
  • Mugleston, H. Song & Whiting. 2013. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 69(3):1127, 1130   >> Note: paraphyletic
  • Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, Chunxiang Liu & Volleth. 2014. Zootaxa 3785(3):346 >> Note: included in Phaneropteridae stat. rev.
  • Storozhenko, T.-W. Kim & Jeon. 2015. Monograph of Korean Orthoptera 33
  • Mugleston, Naegle, H. Song & Whiting. 2018. Insect Systematics and Diversity 2(4: 5):24   >> Note: including Ischnomelini and Phrictini, excluding Aprosphylini
• Type genus:  Mecopoda Serville, 1831; priority for family-group names based on Mecopoda dates from Mecopodidae Walker, F., 1871.  First use as Mecopodinae by Bolívar, I., 1903.

• synonym Mecopodidae Walker, 1871
• synonym Mecopodidi Walker, 1871
• genus †Brachypoda Zhang, 1989 [temporary name]
• species †stagna Zhang, 1989
• tribe Acridoxenini Zeuner, 1936
• synonym Acridoxenidae Zeuner, 1936
• synonym Acridoxeninae Zeuner, 1936
• genus Acridoxena White, 1865
• tribe Aprosphylini Naskrecki, 1994
• genus Aprosphylus Pictet, 1888
• genus Cedarbergeniana Naskrecki, 1994
• genus Griffiniana Karny, 1910
• genus Pseudosaga Brancsik, 1897
• genus Zitsikama Péringuey, 1916
• tribe Leproscirtini Gorochov, 1988
• genus Leproscirtus Karsch, 1892
• tribe Mecopodini Walker, 1871
• synonym Mecopodae Walker, 1871
• synonym Mecopodi Walker, 1871
• genus Afromecopoda Uvarov, 1940
• genus Anoedopoda Karsch, 1892
• genus Arachnacris Giebel, 1861
• genus Austromecopoda Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2006
• genus Characta Redtenbacher, 1892
• genus Eumecopoda Hebard, 1922
• genus Mecopoda Serville, 1831
• tribe Pomatonotini Willemse, 1961
• synonym Pomatonotae Willemse, 1961
• genus Pomatonota Burmeister, 1838
• tribe Sexavaini Karny, 1924
• synonym Moristini Redtenbacher, 1892
• synonym Segestini Hebard, 1922
• synonym Sexavinae Karny, 1924
• synonym Sexavini Karny, 1924
• genus group Mossulae Willemse, 1961
• genus group Sexavae Karny, 1924
• genus Biroa Bolívar, 1903
• genus Gressittiella Willemse, 1961
• genus Leptophyoides Willemse, 1961
• genus Paraphrictidea Willemse, 1933
• genus Phrictaeformia Willemse, 1961
• genus Phrictaetypus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
• genus Phrictidea Bolívar, 1911
• genus Pseudophrictaetypus Willemse, 1961
• genus Pseudophyllanax Walker, 1869
• tribe Tabariini Braun, Chamorro-Rengifo & Morris, 2009
• genus Encentra Redtenbacher, 1892
• genus Rhammatopoda Redtenbacher, 1892
• genus Tabaria Walker, 1870
• genus group Corycinae Krauss, 1890
• genus Corycoides Uvarov, 1939
• genus Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1892
• synonym Apteroscyrtus Griffini, 1906
• species cristatus Hemp, 2013
• species densissimus Hemp, 2020
• species denudatus Karsch, 1892
• species dundoensis Hemp, 2021
• species inalatus (Karsch, 1886)
• species planidorsatus Hemp, 2013
• species ruwenzoricus Rehn, 1914
• genus Aulocrania Uvarov, 1940
• synonym Mortonia Fritze, 1908
• species quadrituberculata (Fritze, 1908)
• genus Charisoma Bolívar, 1903
• species karschi Bolívar, 1903
• genus Elumiana Uvarov, 1940
• synonym Eluma Bruner, 1920
• species amplipennis (Bruner, 1920)
• genus Gymnoscirtus Karsch, 1892
• species corifterus Hemp, 2020
• species unguiculatus (Karsch, 1888)
• genus Ityocephala Redtenbacher, 1892
• species francoisi Bolívar, 1903
• species nigrostrigata (Walker, 1871)
• genus Kheilia Bolívar, 1898
• species arrogans Bolívar, 1898
• genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888
• synonym Macroscyrtus Bolívar, 1893
• species acutipennis (Karsch, 1886)
• species bicolor Bolívar, 1893
• species brevipennis Redtenbacher, 1892
• species brunneotestaceus (Chopard, 1954)
• species kanguroo Pictet, 1888
• species kekeunoui Simeu-Noutchom & Heller, 2022
• genus Pachysmopoda Karsch, 1886
• species abbreviata (Taschenberg, 1883)
• genus Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896
• species cordipennis Karsch, 1896
• species viridulus Hemp, 2015
• genus Strongyloderus Westwood, 1834
• species serraticollis Westwood, 1834
• genus Vetralla Walker, 1869
• synonym Euthypoda Karsch, 1886
• synonym Vetralia Kirby, 1891
• species quadrata Walker, 1869
• genus Zacatula Walker, 1870
• species scabra Walker, 1870

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