Sathrophyllia

Sathrophyllia is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are usually found on the branches of bushes or trees where they sit close to a branch and spread out their forelegs and antennae along the branch and hold themselves close to the surface with their middle pair of legs. Some species like S. rugosa have cryptic colouration that matches the bark making them very hard to spot.[1][2][3] Further east, the genus Olcinia also bears a close resemblance, however Sathrophyllia has a relatively smooth margin to the forewing unlike that of Olcinia.[4]

Sathrophyllia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Tribe: Cymatomerini
Genus: Sathrophyllia
Stål, 1874
Species

See text

Synonyms

Dehaania Koningsberger, 1902

Species
Typical posture of S. rugosa

The Orthoptera Species file lists the following:[5]

  • Sathrophyllia arabica Krauss, 1902
  • Sathrophyllia cristata Beier, 1954
  • Sathrophyllia femorata Fabricius, 1787
  • Sathrophyllia fuliginosa Stål, 1874
  • Sathrophyllia rugosa Linnaeus, 1758

Two new species "Sathrophyllia saeedi" and "Sathrophyllia irshadi" were named in 2014, but as they included "explicit fixation of holotype as required by ICZN Article 16.4.1.", the names were not validly described.[5][6]

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References
  1. Jellison, W. L. (1945). "Cryptic resemblance in Sathrophyllia rugosa (L.)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 38 (3): 412–413.
  2. Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1911). Some South Indian Insects and other animals of importance. Madras: Government Press. p. 35.
  3. Editor (1904). "Illustrations of Ceylon Orthoptera". Spolia Zeylanica. 2 (7): 198–200.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. de Jong, C. "On Indo-Malayan Pterophyllinae (Orthoptera, Family Tettigoniidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 21: 1–109.
  5. Orthoptera species file
  6. Sultana, Riffat; Panhwar, Waheed Ali; Wagan, Muhammad Saeed; Khatri, Imran (2014-12-18). "Systematic status of true katydids Sathrophyllia (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Pseudophyllinae) from Pakistan, with description of two new species". ZooKeys. 466: 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.466.8423. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4296479.
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