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Plagiostira
Sign in to savePlagiostira is a North American genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are at least three described species in Plagiostira. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Plagiostirini Storozhenko, 1994.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Plagiostira is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Tettigoniinae, Animalia and insect.
It sits within the topics Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items, Tettigoniidae genera and Tettigoniinae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Gillette's Shieldback
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyTettigoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 80
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Collections
- ANSP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tettigoniinae
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- Plagiostira
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Plagiostira is a North American genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are at least three described species in Plagiostira. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Plagiostirini Storozhenko, 1994.
==Species== These three species belong to the genus Plagiostira: Plagiostira albonotata Scudder, 1876 (white-marked shieldback) - type species Plagiostira gillettei Caudell, 1907 (Gillette's shieldback) Plagiostira mescaleroensis Tinkham, 1960 (mescalero shieldback)
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