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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Neduba

Genus Neduba

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Keeled Shield-back Katydid - Neduba - female grasshoppery thing? - Neduba - female Cricket 1 - Neduba - male unknown katydid - Neduba - female Shield Katydid - Neduba - female Shield-backed Katydid ovipositing - Neduba - female Cricket 2 - Neduba shieldback - Neduba diabolica - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)
Genus Neduba
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Walker, 1869.
Numbers
8 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
montane w. NA (BC-CA-NV)
Habitat
Woodlands, meadows, deserts
Food
Foliage of trees, shrubs.
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in late summer, cemented to plant stems, these overwinter; one generation per year(2)
Remarks
The Antioch Dunes Shieldback Katydid, N. extincta, was restricted to a particular area of dunes in n. CA. The species was recognized only after it had become extinct
Print References
(3)
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
By Lorus and Margery Milne
3.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
By Jacques R. Helfer
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 January, 2006 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 June, 2010 - 3:14am

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