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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) » True Katydids (Pseudophyllinae) » Western True Katydids (Paracyrtophyllus)

Genus Paracyrtophyllus - Western True Katydids

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Colourful Katydid - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - female Red Katydid nymph - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - female Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male Paracyrtophyllus robustus adults - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male - female Paracyrtophyllus robustus mating - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male - female Paracyrtophyllus robustus adult male, died naturally in rearing cage, used for article in Rearing forum - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male Paracyrtophyllus robustus adult male, died naturally in rearing cage, used for article in Rearing forum - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - male Paracyrtophyllus robustus adult male, died naturally in rearing cage, used for article in Rearing forum - Paracyrtophyllus robustus - 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 Pseudophyllinae (True Katydids)
Genus Paracyrtophyllus (Western True Katydids)
Explanation of Names
Paracyrtophyllus: resembling a curved leaf: "para"=resembling; "cyrto"=curved; "phyllus"=leaf
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(1)
Size
body length 33-45 mm
Identification
slightly smaller than other North American true katydids; rear of pronotum more drastically expanded
Range
TX; Mexico(1)
P. excelsus Chisos Mountains, TX
P. robustus central TX
Habitat
woodlands largely or completely isolated from other woodlands (and from other true katydids) by prairie or desert
Life Cycle
one generation per year
Internet References
(2): description, common name, habitat, distribution, species accounts
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.Singing Insects of North America
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 1 June, 2006 - 5:10am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov, dvoribird
Last updated 31 May, 2022 - 4:26pm

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