Austrosaginae

Robust fan-winged katydid Psacadonotus robustus, copyright Patrick Honan.


Belongs within: Tettigonioidea.

The Austrosaginae are a group of flightless predatory katydids endemic to Australia. Members of this group lack apical spurs on the dorsal surface of the hind tibia (Rentz 1996).

<==Austrosaginae R96
    |--Austrosaga spinifer R96
    |--Sciarasaga quadrata R96
    |--Hemisaga R96
    |    |--H. denticulata R96
    |    |--H. mullaya R96
    |    |--H. pericalles R96
    |    |--H. saussurei R96
    |    `--H. venator R96
    |--Pachysaga R96
    |    |--P. australis R96
    |    |--P. croceopteryx R96
    |    |--P. eneabba R96
    |    |--P. ocrocercus R96
    |    `--P. strobila R96
    `--Psacadonotus R96
         |--P. insulanus R96
         |--P. kenkulun R96
         |--P. psithyros R96
         |--P. robustus R96
         |--P. serratimerus R96
         `--P. viridis R96

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[R96] Rentz, D. 1996. Grasshopper Country: The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. University of New South Wales Press: Sydney.

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