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Neduba
Genus
Neduba
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
Neduba
Explanation of Names
Neduba
Walker 1869
Numbers
21 spp., all in our area
(
1
)
Identification
See
(
1
)
Range
montane w. NA (BC‒CA‒NV). Many species can be ID'd by range
(
1
)
Habitat
Woodlands, meadows, deserts
Food
Foliage of trees/shrubs
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in late summer, cemented to plant stems, these overwinter; one generation per year
(
2
)
Remarks
The
N. extincta
, Antioch Dunes Shieldback Katydid, restricted to a particular area of dunes in n. CA, was recognized only after it had become extinct
Works Cited
1.
A revision of the shield-back katydid genus Neduba (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini)
Jeffrey A. Cole, et al. 2021. Zootaxa.
2.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
Lorus and Margery Milne. 1980. Knopf.
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 12 January, 2006 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by
v belov
,
Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 8:34pm