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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) » Anabrus

Genus Anabrus

Representative Images

Shieldback Katydid - Anabrus simplex - male Big honkin' cricket/katydid - Anabrus simplex - female Mormon Cricket (?) photographed in a dry pasture (near lake) in western Montana (Blackfeet Indian Reservation), July 20, 2013. - Anabrus simplex - female Mount Kobau, Osoyoos Coulee Cricket? - Anabrus longipes - female Mormon Cricket - Anabrus simplex - male Name? Cricket found in the tundra at close to 12,000 ft - Anabrus simplex - female Huge grasshopper with stinger - Anabrus - female Anabrus simplex - 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 Anabrus

Explanation of Names

Anabrus Haldeman 1852

Numbers

4 spp., all in our area(1)

Range

w. NA (BC-CA-IA)(1)(2)

Remarks

Flightless. Members of this genus, especially the Mormon Cricket, A. simplex, can form large "bands" destructive to agriculture.

Works Cited

1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 30 November, 2006 - 5:10pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2021 - 2:20pm

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