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Genus Insara - Western Bush Katydids

Insara covilleae - Creosote Bush Katydid? - Insara covilleae - female Insara elegans - female Thread-legged Katydid? - Insara elegans - female Elegant Bush Katydid - Insara elegans - female Creosote Bush Katydid (Insara covilleae) - Insara covilleae - female Tettigoniidae - Insara elegans - female Tettigoniidae nymph ? - Insara Katydid - Insara covilleae - 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 Insara (Western Bush Katydids)
Explanation of Names
Insara Walker, 1869
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 17 spp. total(1)
Identification
Key to Species (Rehn & Hebard 1914)
Range
sw. US (2) to Brazil (1)
Print References
Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 267.
Internet References
Orthoptera Species File - OSF
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 26 September, 2005 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 12 November, 2017 - 10:48am

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