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Katydids
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called bush crickets (in the UK), katydids (in the USA), or long-horned grasshoppers (mostly obsolete). More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, Tettigoniidae is the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
20 branches of this family, most-observed first
Leaf Katydids
subfamilyPhaneropterinae
Shieldback Katydids
subfamilyTettigoniinae
Coneheads and Meadow Katydids
subfamilyConocephalinae
True Katydids
subfamilyPseudophyllinae
Quiet-calling Katydids
subfamilyMeconematinae
Armoured Ground-crickets
subfamilyBradyporinae
Long-legged Katydids
subfamilyMecopodinae
Neotropical Leaf Katydids
subfamilyPterochrozinae
Spiny Predatory Katydids
subfamilyListroscelidinae
Fierce Predatory Katydids
subfamilyHexacentrinae
Predatory Katydids
subfamilySaginae
Corncrickets
subfamilyHetrodinae
Nedubinae
subfamilyNedubinae
Pollen- and Nectar-feeding Katydids
subfamilyZaprochilinae
Lipotactinae
subfamilyLipotactinae
Sluggish Katydids
subfamilyAustrosaginae
Giant Katydids
subfamilyPhyllophorinae
Balloon-winged Katydids
subfamilyTympanophorinae
Stick Katydids
subfamilyPhasmodinae
Microkatydids
subfamilyMicrotettigoniinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Tettigoniidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48124.