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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Pediodectes » Bruner Shieldback (Pediodectes bruneri)
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DSCN4845 - Pediodectes bruneri - female
Copyright © 2014 Merry Langlinais

DSCN4845 - Pediodectes bruneri - Female
Bandera County, Texas, USA
October 28, 2010
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Contributed by Merry Langlinais on 22 January, 2014 - 9:00am
Last updated 25 January, 2014 - 3:26pm

Bruner's is the one in Central Texas, that has a similar face
I confused them a few years ago, and I'm still not convinced that they are different species. There is a bit of a difference in pattern, but not much. There may be differences in male genitalia, but again, I'm not sure, and if so, I'm not sure how variable or reliable.

The face pattern is a little variable in degree of development, and nymphs sometimes barely show it at all, and not in black.

Moved from Shield-backed Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 January, 2014 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Good tip
Thanks. I see the matching faces on that species' pages.
… James Miskelly, 26 January, 2014 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Tinkham's?
Pediodectes tinkhami has that bold patterning on the face. The records on the Singing Insects of North America site are all west of where you saw this one, but such records can never be complete.
… James Miskelly, 25 January, 2014 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 22 January, 2014 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

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