Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including many Pacific islands.[2][3]
Mecopodinae are characterized by their leaf-like forms, but are sometimes called "the long-legged katydids".[citation needed] It is a paraphyletic grouping that is part of the Phaneropteroid clade: sister to Phaneropterinae and Pseudophyllinae.[3] Although as of December 2018[update], Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement,[4] with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.
^Walker F (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum Supplement:101
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^ abMugleston, Joseph D; Naegle, Michael; Song, Hojun; Whiting, Michael F (July 2018). "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Reveals Extensive Ecomorph Convergence and Widespread Taxonomic Incongruence". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 2 (4). doi:10.1093/isd/ixy010.
^Heller, K.-G., C. Hemp, C. Liu, and M. Volleth. 2014. Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa. 3785: 343–376.
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