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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiostirini Storozhenko, 1994 |
| Genus: | Plagiostira Scudder, 1876 |
Plagiostira is a North American genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are at least three described species in Plagiostira. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Plagiostirini Storozhenko, 1994.
Species
These three species belong to the genus Plagiostira:
- Plagiostira albonotata Scudder, 1876 (white-marked shieldback) - type species
- Plagiostira gillettei Caudell, 1907 (Gillette's shieldback)
- Plagiostira mescaleroensis Tinkham, 1960 (mescalero shieldback)
References
- "Plagiostira Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Plagiostira". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Plagiostira genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Plagiostira Scudder, 1876". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
- Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
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| Plagiostira | |
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