Genus Dichopetala - Short-winged katydids

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Short-winged Katydid - Dichopetala - female

Katydid - Dichopetala brevihastata - male

Which meadow katydid? - Dichopetala brevihastata - male

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park - Dichopetala

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 Dichopetala (Short-winged katydids)

Numbers

Capinera lists 7 species (1).

Size

13-25 mm body length (Dichopetala brevihastata)

Identification

Medium-sized, robust katydids, apparently flightless. Forewings of females absent (present as small scales). Males have short forewings.

Range

Southwestern United States. Dichopetala brevihastata is widespread: southeastern Arizona to southern Texas. Other species (in North America) largely restricted to Texas--see SINA.

Habitat

Found on brush, bushes, grasses.

Season

July through fall (October)--Dichopetala brevihastata.

Food

Predatory? Some species reported to eat flowers (2).

Print References

Capinera, p. 168, plate 35--Dichopetala brevihastata (1)

Helfer, p. 281, fig. 437--Dichopetala brevihastata (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 Eric R. Eaton on 10 November, 2005 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 28 October, 2006 - 8:48am

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