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Spiny Devil Katydid

Panacanthus cuspidatus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Panacanthus is a genus of conehead katydids found in forests in northwestern South America (western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru) and Panama, including the western Amazon, the Chocó and the Magdalena River Valley. The common names spiny-headed katydid, spine-headed katydids, spike-headed katydids, thorny devil katydid, thorny devil bush cricket, and similar variations of the sort, do not apply to a single species or to this genus alone, and multiple species are often called by the same common name. Panacanthus are omnivorous but with strong predatory tendencies.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 23