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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) » Pediodectes » Black-margined Shieldback (Pediodectes nigromarginatus)

Species Pediodectes nigromarginatus - Black-margined Shieldback

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
Shield-backed Katydid - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - female Shieldbacked Katydid - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - female ß - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - male Katydid - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - female TX - Grasshopper - Pediodectes nigromarginatus Black-margined Shieldback Katydid - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - male Pediodectes - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - male Pediodectes - Pediodectes nigromarginatus - 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 Pediodectes
Species nigromarginatus (Black-margined Shieldback)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Orchesticus nigromarginatus Caudell 1902
Numbers
9 spp. n. of Mex. - SINA
Range
TX-IA-SD - Map - SINA
Season
Apr-Oct (BG data)
Remarks
Type locality: Texas
Print References
Caudell, A.N. 1902. Notes on Orthoptera from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, with descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 28: 83-91.
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America - SINA
Orthoptera Species File - OSF
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 24 September, 2010 - 11:36am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 June, 2012 - 4:53pm

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