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oblongifolia Group

unknown katydid 2 - Amblycorypha oblongifolia - male A Yellow Katydid - Amblycorypha oblongifolia - male Amblycorypha? - Amblycorypha oblongifolia - male Amblycorypha oblongifolia - male Yellow Katydid - Amblycorypha - male Unidentified Katydid - Amblycorypha insolita - male Oblong-winged Katydid - Amblycorypha oblongifolia - male Amblycorypha huasteca adult female  (used for article on Rearing) - Amblycorypha huasteca - female
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 Amblycorypha (Round-headed Katydids)
No Taxon oblongifolia Group
Other Common Names
oblong-winged katydids
Identification
Humeral sinus of lateral lobe of pronotum deep; each metasternal lobe longer than wide. Most individuals large for genus; tegmina at least 29 mm, pronotum at least 5.6 mm. Pronotal disk without two dark markings on each edge; ovipositors at least 11 mm in length; bearing short teeth that do not taper to a slender tip.