Hispaniolan Hooded Katydid (Polyancistrus serrulatus) (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

 

Synonyms: Locusta serrulata, Lobodes rubricornis

 

 

Polyancistrus serrulatus is a katydid endemic to the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles; it occurs in moist tropical and subtropical forests at 100-1,100 m; mainly in the north coast and the Cordillera Central. Length 31-47 mm. A robust katydid with a broad pronotum and very long antennae. General color is brown to cinnamon-brown; the tegmina are buff olive or greyish-green, with darker veins. Adults observed from early June into February, and the immature from February through late May.

 

		D55268 Hispaniolan Hooded Katydid (Polyancistrus serrulatus), female Tubagua, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Copyright © Michael Patrikeev All Rights Reserved
		D55271 Hispaniolan Hooded Katydid (Polyancistrus serrulatus), female Tubagua, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Copyright © Michael Patrikeev All Rights Reserved
		D55151 Hispaniolan Hooded Katydid (Polyancistrus serrulatus), nymph Tubagua, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Copyright © Michael Patrikeev All Rights Reserved
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