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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) » Quiet-calling Katydids (Meconematinae)

Subfamily Meconematinae - Quiet-calling Katydids

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat
Drumming Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - male Drumming Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - male Unidentified Katydid? - Meconema thalassinum - female Meconema thalassinum - female Drumming Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - male Drumming Katydid - Meconema thalassinum - male Meconema thalassinum-Drumming katydid? - Meconema thalassinum - female Tettigoniidea - Meconema thalassinum - male
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 Meconematinae (Quiet-calling Katydids)
Numbers
2 species in one genus in our area (introduced); many aditional genera and species outside of North America.
Identification
Similar to Shield-backed Katydids. See under genus Meconema.
Range
Naturally occuring almost world-wide, but not in North America. Two European species of Meconema have been introduced here.
Habitat
Mostly associated with deciduous trees in forested areas (including urban forests).
Contributed by Joel Kits on 1 May, 2005 - 8:03pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 24 October, 2017 - 11:18am

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