page_title: Mecopodinae
section_title: Leproscirtini
hierarchical_section_title: Mecopodinae / Tribes and genera / Leproscirtini
caption_attribution_description: Night Walk Trail, Mulu NP, Sarawak, MALAYSIA
context_page_description: Mecopodinae, the long-legged katydids, 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.
  Mecopodinae is a paraphyletic grouping that is sister to Phaneropterinae and Pseudophyllinae. Although as of December 2018, Orthoptera Species File places Mecopodinae within the family Tettigoniidae, the family Phaneropteridae has been recommended for reinstatement, with subfamilies Mecopodinae, Pseudophyllinae, Phyllophorinae, and Phaneropterinae.
  Mecopodinae is part of the Phaneropteroid clade, characterized by their leaf-like forms. The subfamily is widespread, mostly in tropical areas.
context_section_description: Auth: Gorochov, 1988 (equatorial Africa)
  Leproscirtus Karsch, 1891
caption: Unknown Eumecapoda species
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