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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) » Eastern Shieldbacks (Atlanticus) » Least Shieldback (Atlanticus monticola)

Species Atlanticus monticola - Least Shieldback

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · See Also · Internet References
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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 Atlanticus (Eastern Shieldbacks)
Species monticola (Least Shieldback)
Other Common Names
Mountain Shield-bearer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Atlanticus monticola Davis 1915
Identification
Forewings are about a quarter the length of the pronotum.
Food
Predator and scavenger of other insects, but will also feed on live vegetation.
See Also
Protean Shieldback and other species in the genus Atlanticus.
Internet References
SINA
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 26 February, 2007 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 8:39pm

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