Plagiostira gillettei

Plagiostira gillettei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Plagiostirini
Genus:	Plagiostira
Species:	P. gillettei
Binomial name
	Plagiostira gillettei; Caudell, 1907

Last updated July 25, 2025

Plagiostira gillettei, or Gillette's shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Plagiostira gillettei:

Plagiostira gillettei gilletteiCaudell, 1907
Plagiostira gillettei utahensisTinkham, 1962Coral Pink Sand Dunes Shieldback, endemic to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in Kane County, Utah.

References

↑ "Plagiostira gillettei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ "Plagiostira gillettei". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ "Plagiostira gillettei species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Plagiostira gillettei Caudell, 1907". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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[itis-1] "Plagiostira gillettei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[gbif-2] "Plagiostira gillettei". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[buglink-3] "Plagiostira gillettei species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

[Otte2019-4] Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Plagiostira gillettei Caudell, 1907". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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