Acauloplacella Karny

Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning & Ueshima, Norihiro, 2010, Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: Australian Pseudophylline katydids (Tettigoniidae; Pseudophyllinae; Phyllomimini), Zootaxa 2566, pp. 1-20 : 3

Acauloplacella Karny

Acauloplacella Karny. 1931 . Treubia 12 (Suppl.):62.

Type species: Acauloplax asiatica Brunner von Wattenwyl, by original designation.

Two subgenera have been defined. The nominate subgenus, Acauloplacella , is the only one known to occur in Australia. Four species have been described (Eades and Otte 2010). They are known from Fiji, Sulawesi, Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, as well as New Guinea.

The species herein described are known from the rainforests of north tropical Queensland (Map 1). They are fairly common in understorey vegetation where their noisy chirping, cricket-like calls can be easily heard after dark. However, collecting them can be very difficult if on rocky ground or in tangles of vines.