Microcentrum rhombifolium

Microcentrum rhombifolium is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids").[1][2] Common names are "greater angle-wing katydid" and "broad-winged katydid".[3][4] Microcentrum rhombifolium is found in North America.[2]

Microcentrum rhombifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Suborder:
Ensifera
Infraorder:
Tettigoniidea
Family:
Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:
Phaneropterinae
Genus:
Microcentrum
Species:
M. rhombifolium
Binomial name
Microcentrum rhombifolium
(Saussure, 1859)

References
  1. bugguide.net Microcentrum rhombifolium species information.
  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33), Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor. 2003. M University Press.
  4. Encyclopedia of Life Microcentrum rhombifolium 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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