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Species Scudderia texensis - Texas Bush Katydid

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Anglewing Katydid - species? - Scudderia texensis - female 7005144 Katydid - Scudderia texensis - male Texas Bush Katydid - Scudderia texensis - male Scudderia texensis - male Scudderia sp.? - Scudderia texensis - female Scudderia sp.? - Scudderia texensis - female Scudderia texensis - female Scudderia texensis - 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 Phaneropterinae (Phaneropterine Katydids)
Genus Scudderia (Bush Katydids)
Species texensis (Texas Bush Katydid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scudderia texensis Saussure and Pictet 1897

Identification

Male supra-anal plate with a small tooth in the middle

Range

ME-FL, west to WY

Internet References

SINA
Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 27 December, 2007 - 3:14am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 18 October, 2016 - 11:02am

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