Atlanticus pachymerus

Atlanticus pachymerus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Drymadusini
Genus:	Atlanticus
Species:	A. pachymerus
Binomial name
Atlanticus pachymerus (Burmeister, 1838)

Atlanticus pachymerus, the southern protean shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

This species is very similar to the related Atlanticus testaceus . ^[5]

Distribution

It lives in the Ozark/Ouachita region of eastern Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas eastward to North and South Carolina, also apparently west into southeastern Oklhoma and northeast Texas. It is replaced further north by A. testaceus . ^[6]

References

1. "Atlanticus pachymerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Atlanticus pachymerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Atlanticus pachymerus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Atlanticus pachymerus (Burmeister, 1838)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. "Species Atlanticus pachymerus - Southern Protean Shieldback". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
6. "Species Atlanticus pachymerus - Southern Protean Shieldback". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2025-02-24.

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