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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Angle-wing Katydids (Microcentrum) » Lesser Angle-winged Katydid (Microcentrum retinerve)

Species Microcentrum retinerve - Lesser Angle-winged Katydid

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male Angular-Winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - female Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male First macro subject - Microcentrum retinerve - male Lesser Angle-winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male Lesser Angle-winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male Lesser Angle-winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male Microcentrum - Microcentrum retinerve - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)
Genus Microcentrum (Angle-wing Katydids)
Species retinerve (Lesser Angle-winged Katydid)
Other Common Names
Angular-winged Katydid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microcentrum retinerve (Burmeister, 1838). Synonyms:
Microcentrum retinervis (spelling/gender?)
Size
44-53 mm
Identification
Similar to Microcentrum rhombifolium, but smaller, restricted to Southeast. Other characters helping to differentiate:
paler green, head tinged with yellow
brown area in front of stridulatory vein
squarely truncate front margin of pronotum, lacking tooth
See SINA for illustrations of the pronotum, and the thumbnail below:
Range
Southeastern United States: New Jersey and Missouri south to eastern Texas and Florida
Habitat
Deciduous forests, often call from tops of trees. Come to lights.
See Also
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Print References
Capinera, p. 158, description and map (1)
Helfer, p. 274-275, description (2)
Internet References
SINA
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
By Jacques R. Helfer
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 27 August, 2005 - 7:11am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 7:35am

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