| Idiostatus | |
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| Idiostatus viridis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Platycleidini |
| Genus: | Idiostatus Pictet, 1888 |
Idiostatus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and tribe Platycleidini, which are native to western North America.
The lateral lobes of the prothorax are as deep as they are long.
Species
These 28 species belong to the genus Idiostatus:
- Idiostatus aberrans Rentz, 1973
- Idiostatus aequalis (Scudder, 1899) (uniform shieldback)
- Idiostatus apollo Rentz, 1973 (Apollo shieldback)
- Idiostatus bechteli Rentz, 1973
- Idiostatus bilineatus (Thomas, 1875)
- Idiostatus birchimi Rentz, 1973
- Idiostatus californicus Pictet, 1888 (Pictet's shieldback)
- Idiostatus callimerus Rehn and Hebard, 1920 (Pretty-thigh shieldback)
- Idiostatus chewaucan Rentz and Lightfoot, 1976
- Idiostatus elegans Caudell, 1907
- Idiostatus fuscopunctatus (Scudder, 1899)
- Idiostatus fuscus Caudell, 1934
- Idiostatus goedeni Rentz, 1978
- Idiostatus gurneyi Rentz, 1973 (Gurney's shieldback)
- Idiostatus hermannii (Thomas, C., 1875) (Hermann's shieldback)
- Idiostatus inermis (Scudder, 1899)
- Idiostatus inermoides Rentz, 1973 (Humboldt shieldback)
- Idiostatus inyo Rehn and Hebard, 1920
- Idiostatus kathleenae Rentz, 1973 (Pinnacles shieldback)
- Idiostatus magnificus Hebard, 1934
- Idiostatus major Caudell, 1934
- Idiostatus martinellii Rentz, 1973
- Idiostatus middlekauffi Rentz, 1973 (Middlekauff's shieldback)
- Idiostatus rehni Caudell, 1907 (Rehn's shieldback)
- Idiostatus sinuata (Scudder, 1899)
- Idiostatus variegatus Caudell, 1907 (variegated shield-back)
- Idiostatus viridis Rentz, 1973
- Idiostatus wymorei Caudell, 1934
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (30 July 2000). American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico (2nd. ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- "Idiostatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "Browse Idiostatus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "Idiostatus". GBIF. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "Idiostatus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
External links
Media related to Idiostatus at Wikimedia Commons
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| Idiostatus | |