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Katydids of Zihuatanejo

FAMILY TETTIGONIDAE

-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.

Description

  • Scudderia mexicana is a slender bush katydid in the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Phaneropterinae. It has a narrow body, very long thread-like antennae, long legs, and broad, leaf-like wings. It is generally green to brownish, with a streamlined form that provides good camouflage among foliage.

Range

  • Scudderia mexicana is a Mexican species associated with western and southern Mexico, including the Pacific coastal region and Guerrero. It may be encountered around Zihuatanejo in suitable wooded and shrubby habitats.

Habitat

  • It inhabits tropical and subtropical woodland, seasonally dry forest, scrub, forest edges, clearings, and dense shrub vegetation. Adults are primarily foliage-dwelling, resting on leaves and branches during the day and becoming more active at night.

Diet

  • Scudderia mexicana is primarily herbivorous, feeding on leaves, flowers, tender shoots, and other plant material. It may also opportunistically consume small insects or other soft-bodied prey, as is common among phaneropterine katydids.

Mexican Bush Katydid

Scudderia mexicana

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