''Idiostatus'' is a genus of
insects
Insects (from Latin ') are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed ...
in the family
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the subo ...
and tribe
Platycleidini
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush cricke ...
, which are native to western
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
.
The lateral lobes of the
prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum ( ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ...
are as deep as they are long.
Species
These 28 species belong to the genus ''Idiostatus'':
* ''
Idiostatus aberrans''
Rentz, 1973 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus aequalis
''Idiostatus aequalis'', the uniform shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush cricke ...
''
(Scudder, 1899) i c g b (uniform shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus apollo''
Rentz, 1973 i c g b (Apollo shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus bechteli''
Rentz, 1973 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus bilineatus''
(Thomas, 1875) i
* ''
Idiostatus birchimi''
Rentz, 1973 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus californicus''
Pictet, 1888 i c g b (Pictet's shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus callimerus''
Rehn and Hebard, 1920 i c g (Pretty-thigh shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus chewaucan''
Rentz and Lightfoot, 1976 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus elegans''
Caudell, 1907 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus fuscopunctatus''
(Scudder, 1899) i c g
* ''
Idiostatus fuscus''
Caudell, 1934 i c g b
* ''
Idiostatus goedeni''
Rentz, 1978 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus gurneyi''
Rentz, 1973 i c g b (Gurney's shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus hermannii''
(Thomas, C., 1875) c g b (Hermann's shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus inermis''
(Scudder, 1899) i c g
* ''
Idiostatus inermoides''
Rentz, 1973 i c g (Humboldt shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus inyo''
Rehn and Hebard, 1920 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus kathleenae''
Rentz, 1973 i c g (Pinnacles shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus magnificus''
Hebard, 1934 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus major''
Caudell, 1934 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus martinellii''
Rentz, 1973 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus middlekauffi''
Rentz, 1973 i c g (Middlekauff's shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus rehni''
Caudell, 1907 i c g (Rehn's shieldback)
* ''
Idiostatus sinuata''
(Scudder, 1899) i
* ''
Idiostatus variegatus''
Caudell, 1907 i c g b (variegated shield-back)
* ''
Idiostatus viridis''
Rentz, 1973 i c g
* ''
Idiostatus wymorei''
Caudell, 1934 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5224585
Tettigoniinae
Tettigoniidae genera
Orthoptera of North America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot