Katydids (Family: Tettigoniidae)
Description
Antennae
- at least as long as body and usually considerably longer often extending well beyond tip of abdomen
Size
- greater than 10mm
Wings
- wings held vertically over body, resembling roof of a house
Legs
- tympana (hearing organs) on front tibiae
- tarsi 4-4-4
Abdomen
- ovipositor typically flattened and sword-like
Common Names
- Katydids
- Long-horned Meadow Grasshoppers
Diversity in Canada
- 5 Subfamilies
- 15 Genera
- 41 Species
Subfamilies in Tettigoniidae
Move up a level to Ensifera- Coneheads and Meadow Katydids
(Subfamily: Conocephalinae)Diversity in Canada
- 3 Genera
- 21 Species
- False Katydids
(Subfamily: Phaneropterinae)Diversity in Canada
- 3 Genera
- 8 Species
- True Katydids
(Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae)Diversity in Canada
- 1 Genus
- 1 Species
- YK
- NT
- BC
- AB
- SK
- NU
- MB
- ON
- PQ
- NB
- NS
- PE
- LB
- NF
- Shield-backed Katydids
(Subfamily: Tettigoniinae)Diversity in Canada
- 7 Genera
- 10 Species
- Quiet-calling Katydids
(Subfamily: Meconematinae)Diversity in Canada
- 1 Genus
- 1 Species