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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Angle-wing Katydids (Microcentrum) » Greater Angle-wing Katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium)

Species Microcentrum rhombifolium - Greater Angle-wing Katydid

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Microcentrum (Angle-wing Katydids)
Species rhombifolium (Greater Angle-wing Katydid)
Other Common Names
Broad-winged Katydid
Numbers
There are six species of Microcentrum in the U.S.
Size
52-63 mm
Identification
Note front margin of pronotum differentiates from Microcentrum retinerve, see SINA.
Range
Eastern and southwestern U.S.
Habitat
Associated with deciduous trees and shrubs in varied habitats.
Season
Adults active in late summer and fall. September-November (Michigan).
Remarks
Males make a rythmic, even tic, tic, tic, tic, song that goes for 10 to 20 clicks.
See Also
Microcentrum retinerve
Print References
Capinera, pp. 157-158, plate 35 (1)
Helfer, p. 247, fig. 425 (2)
Bland, p. 162--color photos of male, female (3)
Taber & Fleenor, p. 167-168 (4)
Internet References
e-nature.com
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
3.Orthoptera of Michigan
By Roger Bland
4.Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33)
By Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 9 September, 2004 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 13 November, 2007 - 6:58pm

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