Family

Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Scudderia furcata. Photo: (c) David Hill, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called bush crickets (in the UK), katydids (in the USA), or long-horned grasshoppers (mostly obsolete). More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, Tettigoniidae is the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
        Suborder: Ensifera (Katydids, crickets, and allies)
        Infraorder: Tettigoniidea (Katydids, wētā, and allies)
        Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
        Family: Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
        Subfamily: Phaneropterinae (Leaf katydids) (2)
        Subfamily: Tettigoniinae (Shieldback katydids) (5)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Phaneropterinae (Leaf katydids)

Subfamily: Tettigoniinae (Shieldback katydids)

Where in Humboldt

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