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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Eastern Shieldbacks (Atlanticus) » Protean Shieldback (Atlanticus testaceus)

Species Atlanticus testaceus - Protean Shieldback

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Season · Food · 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 Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)
Genus Atlanticus (Eastern Shieldbacks)
Species testaceus (Protean Shieldback)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Atlanticus pachymerus Burmeister, 1838, apparently included in this species.
Explanation of Names
Author is Scudder 1900.
Size
body length 18-25 mm, up to approximately 45 mm for female, including ovipositor
Identification
Forewings (tegmina) of male are about half (or greater) than length of the pronotum. Some anatomic details of Atlanticus pachymerus = Atlanticus testaceus:
Season
Brimley, p. 20 (1) lists, as Atlanticus pachymerus, from Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina, June-August.
Food
Predator and scavenger of other insects, but will also feed on live vegitation
See Also
Least Shieldback and other species in the Genus Atlanticus
Print References
Brimley, p. 20 (1)
Milne, p. 430, fig. 255 (2)
Rehn JAG, Hebard M. 1916. Studies in American Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera). VII. A revision of the species of the genus Atlanticus (Decticinae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 42: 33-99. pl. 6-8. Available as a PDF file from Singing Insects of North America [4995 KB]
Internet References
SINA
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
2.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
By Lorus and Margery Milne
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 26 February, 2007 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, David Ferguson
Last updated 12 October, 2009 - 2:49am

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