Genus Paracyrtophyllus - Western True Katydids

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Internet References

Is this a Common True Katydid - Pterophylla camellifolia ? - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male

Truncated True Katydid, Paracyrtophyllus robustus - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

What is this? - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

Microcentrum (Angle Wing) - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

Is this a katydid? - Paracyrtophyllus robustus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Subfamily Pseudophyllinae (True Katydids)

Genus Paracyrtophyllus (Western True Katydids)

Numbers

2 species in North America

Size

body length 33-45 mm

Identification

slightly smaller than other North American true katydids; rear of pronotum more drastically expanded

Range

Texas only

P. excelsus: known only from the Chisos Mountains, Texas

P. robustus: occurs only in central Texas

Habitat

woodlands largely or completely isolated from other woodlands (and from other true katydids) by prairie or desert

Life Cycle

one generation per year

Internet References

description plus common name reference, habitat, distribution, links to species accounts (Singing Insects of North America)

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 1 June, 2006 - 5:10am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 January, 2008 - 10:13pm

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