True Katydids - Subfamily Pseudophyllinae
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about False Leaf Katydids that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- The first species called "katydid", Pterophylla camellifolia, was in this subfamily. This is why this subfamily called True Katydids. They can be found in tropical regions.
- False Leaf 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. 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.
