-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)

-Katydids, Crickets, and Allies (Suborder Ensifera)

-Katydids, and Allies (Infraorder Tettigoniidea)

-Superfamily Tettigonioidea

-​Katydids (Family Tettigoniidae)

-Leaf Katydids Subfamily (Phaneropterinae)

-Tribe Scudderiini

-Scudder's Bush Katydids (Genus Scudderia)

-Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)

Scudderia is a genus of katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Adult Scudder’s bush katydids have very long legs and narrow straight wings. On nymphs, the antennae have black and white bands, and there is a small pointed projection between the antennae bases.