Idiostatus

Idiostatus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and tribe Platycleidini, which are native to western North America.

The lateral lobes of the prothorax are as deep as they are long.^[1]

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Idiostatus:

• Idiostatus aberrans Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus aequalis (Scudder, 1899) ^{i c g b} (uniform shieldback)
• Idiostatus apollo Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g b} (Apollo shieldback)
• Idiostatus bechteli Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus bilineatus (Thomas, 1875) ⁱ
• Idiostatus birchimi Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus californicus Pictet, 1888 ^{i c g b} (Pictet's shieldback)
• Idiostatus callimerus Rehn and Hebard, 1920 ^{i c g} (Pretty-thigh shieldback)
• Idiostatus chewaucan Rentz and Lightfoot, 1976 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus elegans Caudell, 1907 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus fuscopunctatus (Scudder, 1899) ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus fuscus Caudell, 1934 ^{i c g b}
• Idiostatus goedeni Rentz, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus gurneyi Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g b} (Gurney's shieldback)
• Idiostatus hermannii (Thomas, C., 1875) ^{c g b} (Hermann's shieldback)
• Idiostatus inermis (Scudder, 1899) ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus inermoides Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g} (Humboldt shieldback)
• Idiostatus inyo Rehn and Hebard, 1920 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus kathleenae Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g} (Pinnacles shieldback)
• Idiostatus magnificus Hebard, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus major Caudell, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus martinellii Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus middlekauffi Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g} (Middlekauff's shieldback)
• Idiostatus rehni Caudell, 1907 ^{i c g} (Rehn's shieldback)
• Idiostatus sinuata (Scudder, 1899) ⁱ
• Idiostatus variegatus Caudell, 1907 ^{i c g b} (variegated shield-back)
• Idiostatus viridis Rentz, 1973 ^{i c g}
• Idiostatus wymorei Caudell, 1934 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = Bugguide.net^[5]

References

1. ^ Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (30 July 2000). American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. 2nd. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
2. ^ "Idiostatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
3. ^ "Browse Idiostatus". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
4. ^ "Idiostatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
5. ^ "Idiostatus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-24.