Checklist of Katydids North of Mexico

Family Prophalangopsidae - hump-winged grigs

Cyphoderris

Cyphoderris buckelli - Buckell's grig*

Cyphoderris monstrosa - great grig*

Cyphoderris strepitans - sagebrush grig*

Family Tettigoniidae (all other katydids)

Tribe Conocephalini - meadow katydids

Conocephalus - lesser meadow katydids*

Conocephalus aigialus - seashore meadow katydid*

Conocephalus allardi - Allard's meadow katydid*

Conocephalus attenuatus - long-tailed meadow katydid*

Conocephalus brevipennis - short-winged meadow katydid*

Conocephalus cinereus - Caribbean meadow katydid*

Conocephalus dorsalis - Eurasian meadow katydid

Conocephalus fasciatus - slender meadow katydid*

Conocephalus gracillimus - graceful meadow katydid*

Conocephalus hygrophilus - Gulf meadow katydid*

Conocephalus nemoralis - woodland meadow katydid*

Conocephalus nigropleuroides - tidewater meadow katydid*

Conocephalus nigropleurum - black-sided meadow katydid*

Conocephalus occidentalis - Pacific meadow katydid*

Conocephalus resacensis - Brownsville meadow katydid

Conocephalus saltans - prairie meadow katydid*

Conocephalus spartinae - saltmarsh meadow katydid*

Conocephalus spinosus - San Diego meadow katydid

Conocephalus stictomerus - spotted-legged meadow katydid*

Conocephalus strictus - straight-lanced meadow katydid*

Odontoxiphidium

Odontoxiphidium apterum - wingless meadow katydid*

Orchelimum - greater meadow katydids*

Orchelimum agile - agile meadow katydid*

Orchelimum bradleyi - Bradley's meadow katydid*

Orchelimum bullatum - Texas meadow katydid*

Orchelimum campestre - dusky-faced meadow katydid*

Orchelimum carinatum - carinate meadow katydid*

Orchelimum concinnum - stripe-faced meadow katydid*

Orchelimum delicatum - delicate meadow katydid*

Orchelimum erythrocephalum - red-headed meadow katydid*

Orchelimum fidicinium - seaside meadow katydid*

Orchelimum gladiator - gladiator meadow katydid*

Orchelimum militare - military meadow katydid*

Orchelimum minor - lesser pine katydid*

Orchelimum nigripes - black-legged meadow katydid*

Orchelimum pulchellum - handsome meadow katydid*

Orchelimum silvaticum - long-spurred meadow katydid*

Orchelimum superbum - superb meadow katydid*

Orchelimum unispina - Arizona meadow katydid*

Orchelimum volantum - nimble meadow katydid*

Orchelimum vulgare - common meadow katydid*

Tribe Copiphorini - coneheaded katydids

Belocephalus - short-winged coneheads*

Belocephalus davisi - Davis's conehead*

Belocephalus micanopy - Pine Key conehead*

Belocephalus sabalis - palmetto conehead*

Belocephalus sleighti - Keys conehead*

Belocephalus subapterus - half-winged conehead*

Bucrates

Bucrates malivolans - cattail conehead*

Bucrates weissmani - Weissman's conehead*

Neoconocephalus - common coneheads*

Neoconocephalus affinis - rattler conehead*

Neoconocephalus bivocatus - false robust conehead*

Neoconocephalus caudellianus - Caudell's conehead*

Neoconocephalus ensiger - sword-bearing conehead*

Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus - slightly musical conehead*

Neoconocephalus lyristes - slender conehead*

Neoconocephalus maxillosus - Caribbean conehead*

Neoconocephalus melanorhinus - black-nosed conehead*

Neoconocephalus nebrascensis - Nebraska conehead*

Neoconocephalus pahayokee - Everglades conehead*

Neoconocephalus palustris - marsh conehead*

Neoconocephalus retusus - round-tipped conehead*

Neoconocephalus robustus - robust conehead*

Neoconocephalus triops - broad-tipped conehead*

Neoconocephalus velox - swift conehead*

Pyrgocorypha

Pyrgocorypha uncinata - hook-faced conehead*

Subfamily Phaneropterinae - false katydids

Amblycorypha - round-headed katydids*

Amblycorypha alexanderi - clicker round-winged katydid*

Amblycorypha arenicola - sandhill virtuoso katydid*

Amblycorypha bartrami - Bartram's round-winged katydid*

Amblycorypha cajuni - Cajun virtuoso katydid*

Amblycorypha carinata - carinate katydid*

Amblycorypha floridana - Florida false katydid*

Amblycorypha huasteca - Texas false katydid*

Amblycorypha insolita - Big Bend false katydid*

Amblycorypha longinicta - common virtuoso katydid*

Amblycorypha oblongifolia - oblong-winged katydid*

Amblycorypha parvipennis - western round-winged katydid*

Amblycorypha rivograndis - Rio Grande virtuoso katydid*

Amblycorypha rotundifolia - rattler round-winged katydid*

Amblycorypha uhleri - Uhler's virtuoso katydid*

Arethaea - thread-legged katydids*

Arethaea ambulator - walking thread-legged katydid

Arethaea arachnopyga - spider-tail thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea brevicauda - short-tail thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea carita - carita thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea constricta - constricted thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea coyotero - coyotero thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea gracilipes - thin-footed thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea grallator - stilt-walker katydid*

Arethaea mescalero - Mescalero thread-legged katydid

Arethaea phalangium - eastern thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea phantasma - Rio Grande thread-legged katydid*

Arethaea polingi - Poling's thread-legged katydid

Arethaea sellata - sellate thread-legged katydid

Arethaea semialata - semi-alate thread-legged katydid*

Brachyinsara

Brachyinsara hemiptera - least katydid

Insara - western bush katydids*

Insara apache - Apache bush katydid*

Insara covilleae - creosote bush katydid*

Insara elegans - elegant bush katydid*

Insara gemmicula - gemmate bush katydid

Insara juniperi - juniper bush katydid*

Insara tessellata - tessellate bush katydid

Inscudderia - cypress katydids*

Inscudderia strigata - guinea-cypress katydid*

Inscudderia taxodii - western cypress katydid*

Inscudderia walkeri - eastern cypress katydid*

Leptophyes

Leptophyes punctatissima - speckled bush katydid

Microcentrum - angle-wing katydids*

Microcentrum californicum - California angle-wing*

Microcentrum latifrons - southwestern angle-wing

Microcentrum louisianum - Louisiana angle-wing*

Microcentrum minus - Texas angle-wing

Microcentrum retinerve - lesser angle-wing*

Microcentrum rhombifolium - greater angle-wing*

Montezumina

Montezumina modesta - modest katydid*

Obolopteryx - short-winged katydids*

Obolopteryx brevihastata - common short-winged katydid*

Obolopteryx castanea - chestnut short-winged katydid*

Obolopteryx catinata - spoon-tailed short-winged katydid

Obolopteryx emarginata - emarginate short-winged katydid*

Obolopteryx gladiator - gladiator short-winged katydid*

Obolopteryx oreoeca - mountain-dwelling short-winged katydid*

Obolopteryx seeversi - Seever's short-winged katydid

Phaneroptera

Phaneroptera nana - Mediterranean katydid*

Phaneroptera nr. nana - Woo's katydid

Phrixa

Phrixa maya - Yucatan katydid*

Planipollex

Planipollex pollicifera - thumb-bearing short-winged katydid

Platylyra

Platylyra californica - chaparral false katydid*

Scudderia - Scudder's bush katydids*

Scudderia cuneata - southeastern bush katydid*

Scudderia curvicauda - curve-tailed bush katydid*

Scudderia fasciata - treetop bush katydid*

Scudderia furcata - fork-tailed bush katydid*

Scudderia mexicana - Mexican bush katydid*

Scudderia pistillata - broad-winged bush katydid*

Scudderia septentrionalis - northern bush katydid*

Scudderia texensis - Texas bush katydid*

Stilpnochlora

Stilpnochlora couloniana - giant katydid*

Turpilia

Turpilia rostrata - narrow-beaked katydid*

Turpiliodes

Turpiliodes mexicanum - Texas turp

Subfamily Pseudophyllinae - true katydids

Lea

Lea floridensis - Florida true katydid*

Paracyrtophyllus - western true katydids*

Paracyrtophyllus excelsus - Chisos katydid*

Paracyrtophyllus robustus - truncated true katydid*

Pterophylla

Pterophylla camellifolia - common true katydid*

Subfamily Tettigoniinae - shield-backed katydids

Acrodectes

Acrodectes philopagus - alpine shieldback*

Aglaothorax

Aglaothorax diminutiva - diminutive shieldback

Aglaothorax gurneyi - Gurney's shieldback*

Aglaothorax longipennis - Malibu shieldback*

Aglaothorax morsei - Morse's shieldback*

Aglaothorax ovata - ovate shieldback*

Anabrus

Anabrus cerciata - big-tooth anabrus*

Anabrus longipes - long-legged anabrus*

Anabrus simplex - Mormon cricket*

Anabrus spokan - Spokan anabrus

Apote

Apote notabilis - notable apote*

Apote robusta - robust apote*

Ateloplus

Ateloplus coconino - Coconino shieldback

Ateloplus hesperus - western shieldback

Ateloplus joaquin - Joaquin shieldback

Ateloplus luteus - yellow shieldback

Ateloplus minor - lesser shieldback

Ateloplus notatus - noted shieldback

Ateloplus schwarzi - Schwarz's shieldback*

Ateloplus splendidus - splendid shieldback

Atlanticus - eastern shieldbacks*

Atlanticus americanus - American shieldback*

Atlanticus calcaratus - long-spurred shieldback*

Atlanticus dorsalis - gray shieldback*

Atlanticus gibbosus - robust shieldback*

Atlanticus glaber - smooth shieldback*

Atlanticus monticola - least shieldback*

Atlanticus testaceus - protean shieldback*

Capnobotes

Capnobotes arizonensis - Arizona longwing*

Capnobotes attenuatus - slender longwing

Capnobotes bruneri - Bruner's longwing*

Capnobotes fuliginosus - sooty longwing*

Capnobotes granti - Grant's longwing*

Capnobotes occidentalis - western longwing*

Capnobotes spatulatus - spatulate longwing

Capnobotes unodontus - one-tooth longwing

Clinopleura

Clinopleura flavomarginata - yellow-margined shieldback

Clinopleura infuscata - dusky shieldback*

Clinopleura melanopleura - black-sided shieldback

Clinopleura minuta - minute shieldback*

Cyrtophyllicus

Cyrtophyllicus chlorum - chaparral shieldback*

Decticita

Decticita balli - Ball's little shieldback*

Decticita brevicauda - short-tailed shieldback*

Decticita yosemite - Yosemite shieldback

Eremopedes

Eremopedes balli - Ball's shieldback*

Eremopedes bilineatus - two-lined shieldback*

Eremopedes californica - California shieldback

Eremopedes covilleae - creosote shieldback*

Eremopedes cryptoptera - cryptic-winged shieldback

Eremopedes cylindricerca - Flagstaff shieldback

Eremopedes ephippiata - saddled shieldback*

Eremopedes kelsoensis - Kelso shieldback

Eremopedes pintiati - Pintiati shieldback

Eremopedes scudderi - Scudder's shieldback*

Hubbellia

Hubbellia marginifera - pine katydid*

Idionotus

Idionotus brunneus - brown shieldback*

Idionotus incurvus - incurved shieldback

Idionotus lundgreni - Lundgren's shieldback

Idionotus similis - similar shieldback

Idionotus siskiyou - Siskiyou shieldback*

Idionotus tehachapi - Tehachapi shieldback

Idionotus tuolumne - Tuolumne shieldback

Idiostatus

Idiostatus aberrans - aberrant shieldback

Idiostatus aequalis - uniform shieldback*

Idiostatus apollo - Apollo shieldback

Idiostatus bechteli - Bechtel's shieldback*

Idiostatus birchimi - Birchim's shieldback

Idiostatus californicus - Pictet's shieldback

Idiostatus callimerus - pretty-thigh shieldback

Idiostatus chewaucan - Chewaucan shieldback

Idiostatus elegans - elegant shieldback*

Idiostatus fuscopunctatus - black-dotted shieldback

Idiostatus fuscus - dark shieldback*

Idiostatus goedeni - Goeden's shieldback

Idiostatus gurneyi - Gurney's shieldback*

Idiostatus hermannii - Herman's shieldback*

Idiostatus inermis - unarmed shieldback

Idiostatus inermoides - Humboldt shieldback

Idiostatus inyo - Inyo shieldback*

Idiostatus kathleenae - Kathleen's shieldback

Idiostatus magnificus - magnificent shieldback

Idiostatus major - greater shieldback*

Idiostatus martinellii - Martinell's shieldback

Idiostatus middlekauffi - Middlekauff's shieldback*

Idiostatus rehni - Rehn's shieldback

Idiostatus variegatus - variegated shieldback*

Idiostatus viridis - green shieldback

Idiostatus wymorei - Wymore's shieldback

Inyodectes

Inyodectes pallidus - pallid shieldback

Neduba

Neduba ambagiosa - ambiguous shieldback

Neduba arborea - arboreal shieldback

Neduba carinata - carinate shieldback*

Neduba cascadia - cascade shieldback*

Neduba castanea - chestnut shieldback*

Neduba convexa - convex shieldback*

Neduba diabolica - Mount Diablo shieldback*

Neduba duplocantans - doubletime shieldback

Neduba extincta - extinct shieldback

Neduba inversa - Kings Canyon shieldback

Neduba longiplutea - Trinity Alps shieldback

Neduba lucubrata - midnight shieldback

Neduba macneilli - MacNeill's shieldback

Neduba oblongata - Mount Hamilton shieldback

Neduba propsti - Santa Catalina Island shieldback

Neduba prorocantans - incessant shieldback

Neduba radicata - Lake Tahoe shieldback

Neduba radocantans - raspy shieldback

Neduba sequoia - Big Trees shieldback

Neduba sierranus - Yosemite shieldback*

Neduba steindachneri - Steindachner's shieldback

Pediodectes

Pediodectes bruneri - Bruner's shieldback*

Pediodectes daedalus - Daedalus shieldback

Pediodectes grandis - grand shieldback*

Pediodectes haldemanii - Haldeman's shieldback*

Pediodectes mitchelli - Mitchell's shieldback

Pediodectes nigromarginatus - black-margined shieldback*

Pediodectes pratti - Pratt's shieldback

Pediodectes stevensonii - Stevenson's shieldback*

Pediodectes tinkhami - Tinkham's shieldback*

Peranabrus

Peranabrus scabricollis - coulee cricket*

Petropedes

Petropedes santarosae - Santa Rosa shieldback

Phymonotus

Phymonotus jacintotopos - San Jacinto shieldback

Plagiostira

Plagiostira albonotata - white-marked shieldback*

Plagiostira gillettei - Gillette’s shieldback*

Plagiostira mescaleroensis - Mescalero shieldback*

Platyoplus

Platyoplus gilaensis - Gila shieldback

Roeseliana

Roeseliana roeselii - Roesel's katydid*

Sphagniana

Sphagniana sphagnorum - bog katydid*

Steiroxys

Steiroxys borealis - boreal shieldback*

Steiroxys pallidipalpus - pale-palped shieldback*

Steiroxys strepens - noisy shieldback*

Steiroxys trilineata - three-lined shieldback*

Tessellana

Tessellana tessellata - tessellated shieldback*

Zacycloptera

Zacycloptera atripennis - black-winged shieldback*

Subfamily Listroscelidinae - arid land katydids

Neobarrettia

Neobarrettia spinosa - greater arid-land katydid*

Neobarrettia victoriae - lesser arid-land katydid*

Subfamily Meconematinae - quiet-calling katydids

Alloteratura?

Alloteratura? sp. - Archbold alien katydid

Meconema

Meconema thalassinum - drumming katydid*

Phlugis

Phlugis sp. - alien raptorial katydid

Subfamily Saginae - stick katydids

Saga

Saga pedo - matriarchal katydid*