Markia hystrix
Markia hystrix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
Genus: | Markia |
Species: | M. hystrix
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Binomial name | |
Markia hystrix (Westwood, 1844)
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Markia hystrix is a species of katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It occurs in South America. [1] A common name for it is lichen katydid because it lives surrounded by Usnea lichen on which it sustains itself.
References[]
- ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Markia hystrix (Westwood, 1844)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
Categories:
- Phaneropterinae
- Orthoptera of South America
- Insects described in 1844
- Tettigoniidae stubs