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Species Tropidischia xanthostoma - Square-legged Camel Cricket

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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 Rhaphidophoridae (Camel Crickets)
Subfamily Tropidischiinae
Genus Tropidischia
Species xanthostoma (Square-legged Camel Cricket)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tropidischia xanthostoma (Scudder, 1861)
Identification
Dark color and long slender legs are characteristic.
Range
Near Pacific Coast from California to British Columbia.
Internet References
OSF
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 November, 2005 - 2:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 10 April, 2016 - 9:24pm

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