Idiostatus

Idiostatus is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae which is native to western North America.

Idiostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Tettigoniinae
Genus:	Idiostatus Pictet, 1888

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} (Herman'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} (Middlekauf'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 24 March 2018.
3. "Browse Idiostatus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
4. "Idiostatus". GBIF. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
5. "Idiostatus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 24 March 2018.