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Red Katydid (Paracyrtophyllus robustus)
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Copyright © 2012
Greg W. Lasley
Katydid -
Paracyrtophyllus robustus
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Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas, USA
July 15, 2012
I think the attached is Pterophylla either camellifolia or robustus. I am leaning toward robustus. Looks like we are more in the robustus range. Is this correct or am I way off base?
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Contributed by
Greg W. Lasley
on 15 July, 2012 - 10:37am
Not way off base at all
In fact it is
P. robustus
, but this species is in the genus
Paracyrtophyllus
. The two genera are very similar, very closely related, and I'm actually not sure why they need to be two instead of one.
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David J. Ferguson
, 15 July, 2012 - 10:44am
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