Capnobotes fuliginosus

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Capnobotes fuliginosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Capnobotes
Species:
C. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Capnobotes fuliginosus
(Thomas, 1872)
Synonyms [1]
  • Locusta fuliginosusThomas, 1872

Capnobotes fuliginosus is a species of katydid known as the sooty longwing. [2] It is found in the western United States and Mexico. [1] [3] [4] It is omnivorous and it is the prey of the wasp Palmodes praestans .

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The sooty longwing was first formally described in 1872 by Cyrus Thomas as Locusta fuliginosus. [1] [5]

Description

The species is up to 75 mm (3.0 in) long to its wingtips, brownish gray, has long wings, has a shield back, and its hindwings are darker than its forewings. [6] [7] The katydids show their dark hindwings when they are startled. [8] The species' song is loud, continuous, and shrill. [6] It is an omnivore that is known to feed on the nymphs and adults of the grasshopper Bootettix argentatus on foliage during the summer. [6] [9]

Habitat and range

The species can be found in central Nevada, Utah, southern California, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado. [8] [10] They are found in the deserts of California. [6] The species was first found at the Dinosaur National Monument in 1952, according to a 1952 study by Entomological News in which three adults were discovered. [10] They are highly active on hot nights. [6]

Predators

Nematodes use the species as a host. [11] The wasp Palmodes praestans preys on the species, even though the wasp is smaller. [12] In a 1919 publication from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, it was noted that the species is prey for the wasp despite its "large size" and "formidable nature". [13] In a 2005 study about the mating system of the wasp by the Journal of Natural History , a specimen of the wasp was recorded as having dragged the katydid's instar into its burrow. It was mentioned in the 2005 study because the only report up to that time on the wasp was of it feeding on the katydid. [7]

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Tettigoniidae Family of insects

Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids, or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.

Orthoptera Order of insects including grasshoppers, crickets, wētā and locusts

Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, including closely related insects such as the katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.

<i>Trimerotropis</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Trimerotropis is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 50 described species in Trimerotropis.

<i>Isodontia mexicana</i>

Isodontia mexicana, the grass-carrying wasp, is a species belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in Europe, primarily France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Spain.

<i>Tachytes</i> Genus of wasps

Tachytes is a genus of predatory, solitary wasps, containing about 300 species.

Capnobotes unodontus, the one-tooth longwing, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Capnobotes</i> Genus of cricket-like animals

Capnobotes is a North-American genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about 9 described species in Capnobotes.

<i>Circotettix</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Circotettix is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Circotettix.

Steiroxys is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about five described species in Steiroxys.

Derotmema is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Derotmema.

<i>Aeoloplides</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Aeoloplides is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about nine described species in Aeoloplides.

<i>Trachyrhachys</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Trachyrhachys is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Trachyrhachys.

<i>Opeia</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Opeia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Opeia.

Mestobregma is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Mestobregma.

Bootettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Bootettix.

Capnobotes occidentalis, the western longwing, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.

Capnobotes bruneri, the Bruner longwing, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.

Capnobotes granti, the Grant longwing, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.

Palmodes praestans is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.

<i>Bradynotes</i> Genus of grasshoppers

Bradynotes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is at least one described species in Bradynotes, B. obesa, also known as the "slow mountain grasshopper" and "mountain lubber grasshopper". It is found in North America, in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Capnobotes fuliginosus (Thomas, 1872)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sooty Longwing". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Species Capnobotes fuliginosus – Sooty Longwing". bugguide.net. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Capnobotes fuliginosus (Thomas, 1872)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Cyrus (1872). "Notes on the Saltatorial Orthoptera of the Rocky Mountain Regions". In Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer) (ed.). Preliminary report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana, and portions of adjacent territories; being a fifth annual report of progress. Washington : Govt. Print. Off. p. 443. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Jerry A. Powell; Charles L. Hogue (September 1980). California Insects. University of California Press. p. 69. ISBN   978-0-520-03782-3.
  7. 1 2 Alcock, John; J. Kemp, Darrell (21 March 2005). "The scramble competition mating system of the sphecid wasp Palmodes praestans (Kohl)" (PDF). Arizona State University. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  8. 1 2 R. Eaton, Eric; Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 78. ISBN   9780618153107.
  9. ↑ Rivera Garcia, Eduardo (2004). "Records Of Predators And Parasites (Vertebrates And Invertebrates) Of Creosote Bush Grasshopper Bootettix Argentatus Bruner, 1889 (Orthoptera: Acridadae: Gomphocerinae) From The Bolson De Mapimi, DGO. (Chihuahuan Desert), Mexico". Redalyc. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  10. 1 2 Alexander, Gordon; Rodeck, Hugo G. (November 1952). "Two Species of Great Basin Orthoptera New to Colorado" (PDF). University of Colorado. Entomological News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Poinar, Jr., George; B. Weissman, David (2004). "Hairworm and Nematode Infections of North American Jerusalem Crickets, Field Crickets, and Katydids (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae, Gryllidae and Tettigoniidae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. Orthopterists' Society. 13 (1): 143–147. doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2004)013[0143:HANION]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   3503712.
  12. ↑ Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington Academy of Sciences. 1919. p. 150.
  13. ↑ Caudell, A. N. (26 February 1919). "Palmodes praestans and its prey (Orth.)" (PDF). Smithsonian. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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