Genus Amblycorypha - Round-headed Katydids

Oblong-winged Katydid (A. oblongifolia), Round-winged Katydids, Virtuoso Katydids

Amblycorypha Stål 1873

11 spp. in our area, 17 total(1)

ca. 21-45 mm (A. oblongifolia 40-45 mm)

Front and middle tibiae flat or sulcate dorsally (convex or round in Microcentrum), also ridged or raised laterally, have long legs (hind femora extent almost to tips of tegmina) like Scudderia, but more rounded wings, and overall shape of Microcentrum, though rather more rounded (esp. tegmina), esp. in ♀♀. Top of the head rounded, strongly deflexed. Green, but some species, esp. A. floridana, have a pink phase (some have a yellow phase as well)

keys to species in (2)(3)

e. NA to AZ, into Mesoamerica(1)

Typically damp fields, edges, flowers (A. oblongifolia)

Typically Jun-Oct in NC, Aug-Oct in MI (A. oblongifolia)

Herbivores, feed especially on foliage of deciduous woody plants. Adults found on flowers.

Eggs are laid in soil or into plant tissue, take 2-3 years to hatch (or the next spring according to other sources). Males stridulate.