Scudderia furcata
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Fork tailed bush katydid in Fort Worth, TX | |
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Bush katydid nymph | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | S. furcata
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Binomial name | |
Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
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Scudderia furcata is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids").[1][2] A common name for Scudderia furcata is "fork-tailed bush katydid".[3] The distribution range of Scudderia furcata includes Central America and North America.[2]
![Scudderia furcata](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Fork-tailed_Bush_Katydid%2C_Scudderia_furcata_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg/220px-Fork-tailed_Bush_Katydid%2C_Scudderia_furcata_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg)
![Scudderia furcata](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Scudderia_furcata-1.jpg/220px-Scudderia_furcata-1.jpg)
References[]
- ^ bugguide.net Scudderia furcata species information.
- ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life Scudderia furcata species overview.
Further reading[]
- 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.
- Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File 7, 373.
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Categories:
- Scudderia
- Insects described in 1878
- Tettigoniidae stubs