Markia hystrix

Markia hystrix is a species of katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It occurs in South America. [1] A common name for it is lichen katydid because it lives surrounded by Usnea lichen on which it sustains itself.

Markia hystrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Markia
Species:
M. hystrix
Binomial name
Markia hystrix
(Westwood, 1844)

References

  1. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Markia hystrix (Westwood, 1844)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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