Platyphyllini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Rodríguez, Nixon Oscar Parra, Res, Gustavo Costa Tava-, Rodríguez, Diana Marcela Trujillo & Arias, Ronald Fernando Quintana, 2021, Studies on Neotropical Pseudophyllinae: The status of the genus Brachyauchenus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 and its species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Platyphyllini), Zootaxa 5027 (4), pp. 546-562 : 548

Tribe Platyphyllini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

Comments. This tribe comprises 19 genera and 73 valid species, with a continental distribution between Brazil and Mexico, and a unique insular and monotypic genus, Antillophyllum Beier, 1960 , from Jamaica ( Cigliano et al., 2021). Platyphyllini differs from the other tribes by the following characteristics: 1. Anterior margin of pronotum convex and usually projected forward. 2. Striae of the mesosternum in a mid-caudal direction, extending from the anterior margin, into the lateral portion of the transverse sulcus, wich is usually long. 3. Metafurcal furrow as a groove with paired holes in a widely separated internal process. 4. Costal margin of tegmina uniformly narrowed, anal margin more strongly curved than the costal margin, which is slightly straight. 5. Main veins frequently indistinct, very fine, and densely reticulated, giving a stippled appearance to the tegmina. 6. Male terminalia without conspicuous modifications, with some exceptions in some species of Triencentrus and Xiphophyllum Beier, 1960 . 7. Ovipositor as long as hind femur or longer, wide, usually straight or slightly curved, and with some denticulations on the dorsal margin.