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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Short-winged katydids (Dichopetala)

Genus Dichopetala - Short-winged katydids

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Katydid - Dichopetala brevihastata - Dichopetala brevihastata - female Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park - Dichopetala Katydid - Dichopetala - male Dichopetala in the Organ Mountains - Dichopetala brevihastata - female Short-winged Katydid - Dichopetala brevihastata - female Common Short-winged Katydid - Dichopetala brevihastata - male Common Short-winged Katydid - Dichopetala brevihastata - 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 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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