Striped thorny katydid

Striped thorny katydid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Acanthoproctus
Species: A. vittatus
Binomial name
Acanthoproctus vittatus
(Walker, 1869)
Synonyms

Heterodes vittatus Walker, 1869

The striped thorny katydid (Acanthoproctus vittatus) is a species of katydid that is found in South Africa, predominately in the Karoo biome.

References

  1. Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P (2014). "Acanthoproctus vittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.


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