Tympanophorinae
| Tympanophorinae | |
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| Tympanophora sp. (CSIRO) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tympanophorinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
The Tympanophorinae are a monogeneric subfamily of bush-crickets, sometimes called balloon-winged bush-crickets, erected (as family Tympanophoridae) by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893.[1] The single genus is found in Australia.[2]
Genera
[edit]There is a single extant genus: Tympanophora White, 1841. The extinct genus †Eomortoniellus Zeuner, 1936 was placed here, but is now included in the Lipotactinae.
References
[edit]- ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available here.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 20 May 2026)
External links
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Media related to Tympanophorinae at Wikimedia Commons
