Genus Capnobotes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Shield-back Katydid? - Capnobotes bruneri - female

unknown gray katydid - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female

Tettigoniidae - Insara sp? - Capnobotes occidentalis - female

Arizona Grasshopper - Capnobotes fuliginosus - male

Unknown large Grasshopper - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female

Arizona Grasshopper for ID - Capnobotes fuliginosus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

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 Capnobotes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Capnobotes Scudder, 1897. Type species: Locusta fuliginosus Thomas

Anoplodusa Caudell, 1907. Type species: Drymadusa arizonensis Rehn

Explanation of Names

The genus Drymadusa Stein, with which Capnobotes species were once associated, is a genus of two somewhat similar looking but not closely related Mediterranean species.

Relationships between Capnobotes species need further study, especially in California, and it is possible that some are merely variants of one another.

Numbers

9 spp.; all but one occuring in our area (C. imperfectus is a species with shorter wings, from Mexico). (1)(2)

Identification

Large slender Katydids with long narrow wings and females with a long nearly straight ovipositor.

Range

w. US; Mexico(1)

Remarks

A treatment of Capnobotes, including a key and descriptions for our 8 species, begins on pg. 19 of Rentz & Birchim(1968).

Print References

Rentz, David C. & J. D. Birchim (1968). Revisionary studies in the nearctic Decticinae. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, Vol. 3, 173pp. (Full Text)

Internet References

OSF

Works Cited

1.	Orthoptera Species File Online

2.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 January, 2006 - 6:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 26 August, 2017 - 11:44pm

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