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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) » Metrioptera » Roesel’s Katydid (Metrioptera roeselii)

Species Metrioptera roeselii - Roesel’s Katydid

maybe a baby roesel? - Metrioptera roeselii

Roesel's Katydid nymph - Metrioptera roeselii

Atlanticus? - Metrioptera roeselii - female

Grasshopper - Metrioptera roeselii - 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 Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)

Genus Metrioptera

Species roeselii (Roesel’s Katydid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Locusta roeselii (Hagenbach), 1822. Type locality: Basel, Switzerland

Locusta brevipennis Charpentier, 1825. Type locality: unknown

Locusta diluta Charpentier, 1825. Type locality: unknown

Decticus brevipennis (Charpentier) H. Burmeister, 1838

Metrioptera pellucida Herrich-Schäffer, 1840. Type locality: unknown

Chelidoptera sinuatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1846. Type locality: unknown

Decticus (Platycleis) brevipennis (Charpentier) Fischer, 1853

Platycleis brevipennis (Charpentier) Selys-Longchamps, 1868

Platycleis roeselii (Hagenbach)Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882

Platycleis pulchra Werner, 1901. Type locality: probably Smyrna, West Anatolia

Chelidoptera roeselii (Hagenbach)W.F. Kirby, 1906

Chelidoptera brevipennis (Charpentier) W.F. Kirby, 1906

Chelidoptera pellucida (Herrich-Schäffer) W.F. Kirby, 1906

Chelidoptera pulchra (Werner) W.F. Kirby, 1906

Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach) Caudell, 1908

Metrioptera pulchra (Werner) Caudell, 1908

Roeseliana roeselii (Hagenbach) Zeuner, 1941

Roeseliana roeselii diluta (Charpentier) Zeuner, 1941

Metrioptera (Roeseliana) roeselii (Hagenbach) Cejchan, 1960

Roeseliana azami minor Nadig, 1961. Type locality: ? Umspannwerk Pian Scairolo, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland [as Piano Scairolo, Tessin, Italy]

Metrioptera (Roeseliana) azami minor (Nadig) Harz, 1969

Bicolorana (Roeseliana) roeselii (Hagenbach) Bellmann & Luquet, 1995

Metrioptera (Metrioptera) roeselii (Hagenbach) B. Nagy, 2005

Explanation of Names

Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822)

Identification

Song is a "high-pitched quavering buzz" (species account with sound recordings.)

Range

Northeastern United States west to Iowa, and adjacent Canada.

Introduced from Old World.

Habitat

Found in grassy fields

Season

Nymphs appear in April/May, mature by late June/early July, and last into August/September.

Life Cycle

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Remarks

An introduced species from Europe first found in Montreal in 1953 (1).

Both long and short-winged forms exist. The long-winged forms can fly some distance and are more commonly collected here than in Europe.

Print References

"Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States" (1) p. 189

Orthoptera Species File Online

Internet References

Singing Insects of North America: origin and spread; species account with sound recordings.

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 July, 2005 - 5:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tony DiTerlizzi, john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, marcie oconnor, metrioptera
Last updated 18 March, 2024 - 10:53am

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