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| Scudderia mexicana | |
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| Nymph of Mexican bush katydid | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Scudderia |
| Species: | S. mexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Scudderia mexicana (Saussure, 1861)
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Scudderia mexicana, the Mexican bush katydid, is a species of phaneropterine katydid in the family Tettigoniidae.[1][2] They are 30–38 mm in length and have slender wings. Nymphs have a horn between their antennae.[3] They eat leaves, including big-leaf mahogany.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scudderia mexicana Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 98. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Campos-Navarrete, María José; Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A.; Parra-Tabla, Víctor (4 August 2015). "Are Tree Species Diversity and Genotypic Diversity Effects on Insect Herbivores Mediated by Ants?". PLOS ONE. 10 (8): e0132671. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032671C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132671. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4524695. PMID 26241962.
Further reading
[edit]- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
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