Idiostatus

Not to be confused with Idiostethus, a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae.

Idiostatus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and tribe Platycleidini, which are native to western North America.

Idiostatus
Idiostatus viridis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Platycleidini
Genus:	Idiostatus Pictet, 1888

The lateral lobes of the prothorax 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 (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

External links

• Media related to Idiostatus at Wikimedia Commons