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][4] The distribution range of Scudderia furcata includes Middle America and North America.[2] The nymphs of this species can be pests of citrus fruit.[5]
Scudderia furcata | |
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Fork tailed bush katydid in Fort Worth, TX | |
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Bush katydid nymph | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
Genus: | Scudderia |
Species: | S. furcata
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Binomial name | |
Scudderia furcata Brunner, 1878
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References
edit- ^ Lynette Elliott; Ethan Kistler; David Ferguson; metrioptera (23 September 2021) [Originally published 1 June 2005]. "Species Scudderia furcata - Fork-tailed Bush Katydid". bugguide.net. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Scudderia furcata Brunner, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life Scudderia furcata species overview.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kahl, Hanna M; Mueller, Tobias G; Cass, Bodil N; Xi, Xinqiang; Cluff, Emma; Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth E; Rosenheim, Jay A (5 August 2021). "Characterizing Herbivory by European Earwigs (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) on Navel Orange Fruit with Comparison to Forktailed Bush Katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) Herbivory". Journal of Economic Entomology. 114 (4): 1722–1732. doi:10.1093/jee/toab121.
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.
- 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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