San Jacinto Shield-backed Katydid

Phymonotus jacintotopos

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae

Phymonotus jacintotopos, or San Jacinto shieldback, is a rare species of shieldback katydid endemic to the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California. It has a distinct red-and-black coloration not found in similar katydids. Distribution and habitat Phymonotus jacintotopos is endemic to the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California, the highest section of the Baja California Peninsular Ranges extending to the south.

Distribution

San Jacinto Shield-backed Katydid — (c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 18

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionPhymonotus, Wikipedia contributors

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