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Katydids of Texas

Family Tettigoniidae

A few representative examples:

Subfamily Copiphorinae - Coneheaded Katydids

• Broad-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops (Linnaeus 1758) - 

  • Current dominant calling katydid - Spring 2008

Subfamily Phaneropterinae - False Katydids

• Greater Anglewing Katydid - Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure 1859)

Subfamily Pseudophyllinae - True Katydids

• Central Texas Leaf-Katydid - Paracyrtophyllus robustus (Caudell 1906)

Subfamily Tettigoniinae - Predacious Katydids

• "Red-eyed Devil" - Neobarrettia spinosa (Caudell 1907)

07 Mar 2008  © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology