Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neobarrettia cerberus, Rhenia cerberus
Explanation of Names
Red-eyed Devil - N. spinosa
White-eyed Devil - N. victoriae
These are the preferred names of Ted Cohn who the did definitive work on Neobarrettia...
Numbers
There are but two species of Neobarrettia
Size
males: 34-45 mm, females: 44-52 mm
Identification
Large and spiny, distinctive. The Lesser Arid-land Katydid is smaller, has a green front edge to pronotum, range mostly in Texas.
Range
Parts of central and west Texas, southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona
Habitat
Oak-juniper woodlands, desert with mesquite or other brush
Remarks
When approached, said to sometimes threaten and attack, may bite and draw blood.
See Also
Lesser Arid-land Katydid, N. victoriae
Print References
Capinera, p. 190, plate 42
(1)
Helfer, p. 282, fig. 439
Rhenia cerberus (2)
Taber & Fleenor (2003)
(3)
Taber & Fleenor (2005)
(4)
Cohn, T.J. 1957. The relationships of the North American genera Rehnia Caudell and Neobarrettia Rehn (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 588: 1-16.
Cohn, T.J. 1965. The arid-land katydids of the North American genus Neobarrettia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): their systematics and a reconstruction of their history. Miscellaneous publications / University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, no. 126. 179 pp.
