Belongs within: Apohaglida.
Contains: Austrosaginae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Pleminiinae, Pseudophyllinae, Meconematinae, Listroscelidinae, Bradyporinae, Tettigoniinae, Conocephalinae.
The Tettigonioidea, katydids, are long-horned orthopterans that often mimic leaves and other plant parts. Members of this group include both carnivorous and herbivorous forms. They are united by fore wings with vein MP (=MA2) at least partially reduced, and a narrow lancet area in the male (Gorochov & Rasnitsyn 2002). Modern tettigonioids are classified into the family Tettigoniidae. A separate family has been proposed for the Early Cretaceous Haglotettigonia egregia, representing the earliest appearance of the group in the fossil record (Gorochov & Rasnitsyn 2002). This species retains plesiomorphic venation features, including separation of the Sc and R stems, and transverse venation that is not transformed into an archedictyon network (Gorohov 1988).
Subgroups of the Tettigoniidae include the Zaprochilinae, a group of slender, soft-bodied katydids endemic to Australia with prognathous heads adapted for feeding at flowers. The wingless south-west Australian genus Phasmodes has an elongate body form remarkably similar in appearance to stick insects. The Tympanophorinae, balloon-winged katydids, are an Australian subfamily of relatively short-legged katydids in which males are fully winged with the tegmina greatly expanded whereas females are flightless (Rentz 1996).
<==Tettigonioidea [Tettigoniae]
|--Haglotettigonia Gorohov 1988 [Haglotettigoniidae]G88
| `--*H. egregia Gorokhov 1988G88, BN02
`--Tettigoniidae [Meconematidae, Mecopodidae, Phaneropteridae, Pseudophyllidae]MB12
| i. s.: LipotactesR96
| Picnogaster finotiD95
| Segestes decoratusK91
| Baetica ustulataMB12
| Eurinoscopus hamadryas Kirkaldy 1907K08
| Hybrasil breani Kirkaldy 1907K08
| Conosanus hospes [=Phrynomorphus hospes]K08
| AllygusK08
| |--A. lotophagorum Kirkaldy 1907K08
| `--A. modestusV09
| Nesosteles hebe Kirkaldy 1906K08
| Muirella oxyomma Kirkaldy 1907K08
| Nesoecia cooksoniPP72
| Steropleurus eclipticus Barat 2004F04
| AustrosaginaeR96
| PseudotettigoniaGE05 [PsedotettigoniinaeGR02]
| `--P. amoenaGE05
| ZaprochilinaeR96
| |--Anthophiloptera dryasR96
| |--Windbalea virideR96
| |--ZaprochilusR96
| | |--Z. australisR96
| | `--Z. ninaeR96
| `--KawanaphilaR96
| |--K. gidyaR96
| |--K. iyoutaR96
| `--K. narteeR96
| ApteropedetinaeG88
|--+--+--Scambophyllum [Scambophyllinae]G88
| | `--PhaneropterinaeG88
| `--+--+--MecopodinaeG88
| | `--Phyllophorinae [Phyllophorae]G88
| | |--SiliquoferaR96
| | |--PhyllophorellaR96
| | |--HyperhomalaG88
| | `--Phyllophora heurnii Karny 1924HH73
| `--+--Polyancistrus [Polyancistrinae, Polyancistrini]G88
| `--+--+--PleminiinaeG88
| | `--PseudophyllinaeG88
| `--Pterochrozinae [Pterochrozae]G88
| |--TanusiaG88
| |--CyclopteraG88
| `--PterochrozaG88
`--+--+--PhasmodesR96 [PhasmodinaeG88]
| | |--P. nungerooR96
| | `--P. ranatriformisR96
| `--+--MicrotettigoniaR96 [MicrotettigoniinaeG88]
| | |--M. kangarooR96
| | `--M. tachysR96
| `--MeconematinaeG88
`--+--ListroscelidinaeG88
`--+--TympanophorinaeG88
| |--MortoniellusG88
| `--TympanophoraR96
| |--T. diminutaR96
| |--T. pellucidaR91
| |--T. similisR96
| `--T. uvaroviR96
`--+--SaginaeG88
| |--CloniaG88
| |--SagaG88
| `--Neobarrettia vanniferaG88, I92
`--+--+--BradyporinaeG88
| `--TettigoniinaeG88
`--+--ConocephalinaeG88
`--Hetrodinae [Hetrodidae]G88
|--Hetrodes [Hetrodini]G88
| `--H. guyoniiL49
`--EugastriniG88
|--Acanthoplus Stål 1873G88
|--Gymnoproctus Karsch 1887G88
|--Anepisceptus Fieber 1853G88
`--Eugaster Audinet-Serville 1839G88
`--E. guyoniR13
*Type species of generic name indicated
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