Zaprochilinae is a subfamily of bush-crickets found in Australia;[2] the type genus is Zaprochilus.

Zaprochilinae
Zaprochilus australis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Zaprochilinae
Handlirsch, 1925[1]

Description

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The head is prognathous, the shape of the body is rod-shaped similar to stick insects. They live and feed on flowers. There are winged, short-winged and wingless forms (e.g. females of Kawanaphila).[3][4]

 
Kawanaphila sp.

Genera

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The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

  1. Anthophiloptera: monotypic Anthophiloptera dryas Rentz & Clyne, 1983
  2. Kawanaphila Rentz, 1993
  3. Windbalea Rentz, 1993
  4. Zaprochilus Caudell, 1909

References

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  1. ^ Handlirsch (1925) In Schröder. Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.) 3:452
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 10 September 2022)
  3. ^ Rentz DCF (1993) Tettigoniidae of Australia Volume 2: The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae
  4. ^ Rentz DCF (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia pp. 73—80.
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