Species Microcentrum retinerve - Lesser Angle-winged Katydid

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Angular-Winged Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - female

Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum retinerve - male

First macro subject - Microcentrum retinerve - male

Green Leaf-Like Bug - Microcentrum retinerve

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

Size

44-53 mm

Identification

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 17 March, 2007 - 7:44am

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