Long-winged Katydid
S1 Male, dorsal
Long-winged Katydid
S1 Male, face
Animals
Plants
Info
| Long-winged Katydid S1 Male, dorsal | | Long-winged Katydid S1 Male, face | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Katydid (Tettigoniidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Long-winged Katydid (Caedicia longipennioides)| This Photo: | 🔍S1 Male, profile🔎 | Thank you Matthew Connors (Matthew_Connors) for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~25mm long. Females have a shortish, but visible, ovipositor. Colours seem variable, with pure green like here, or with red highlights similar to our adult Torbia viridissima. Very hard to distinguish from Torbia sp. We've used the wing venation in relation to the leading edge as our guide. With these, the leading edge curves in, near the main vein, near the tip of the wing. With Torbia, it's leading edge is straighter, so apears further from the main vein. The legs of Torbia are also longer, so the rear thigh extends well past the end of the body. Where as here the knee is close to the end of the body. This is difficult to see as soon as there's any angle on the camera shot. We thought this was Caedicia simplex, which seemed strange as we had always considered that species to be a wet area species. Matthew agreed saying "That is probably correct given the rest of their range! This is very much an arid species, I think it probably has a name but not sure what that name is yet." After some investigation Matthew matched it to this name saying "Tentatively this species, probably a new genus. The type is lost at the moment (but should still exist, I have to go look for it!) but the description is a good match. Tepper said that this species has been seen feeding on Bursaria." While we don't have any Bursaria nearby, Matthew responded "I suspect it has a more varied diet but Tepper only collected three of them!" Similar Species: Gumleaf Katydid (Torbia viridissima)
| |||||||||||