Trues - Subfamily Pseudophyllinae
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about True Katydids in subfamily Pseudophyllinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- The first species called "katydid", Pterophylla camellifolia, an America species, is in this subfamily. This is why this subfamily called True Katydids. They can be found in tropical regions.
- Species in this subfamily are usually large in size. Most species are found in Rainforest.
Snub-nose Katydid - Mastigaphoides sp.
- Body length 60mm
- This katydid looks exactly like a leaf. We found this in Lamington National Park at night in late summer 2002. It was resting on a tree trunk. It should be on the tree top. Also notice that both its long antennae were broken. Something must have happened to it.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p382.
- 2. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p101.
- 3. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia - David Rentz, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2010, p141.
