''Aglaothorax morsei'', or Morse's shieldback, is a species of

shield-backed katydid The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve Tribe (biology), tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European spec ...

in the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...

. It is found in North America.

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species ''Aglaothorax morsei'': * ''Aglaothorax morsei costalis'' (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) * ''Aglaothorax morsei curtatus'' (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) * ''Aglaothorax morsei islandica'' (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) * ''Aglaothorax morsei morsei'' (Caudell, 1907) * ''Aglaothorax morsei santacruzae'' (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) * ''Aglaothorax morsei tectinota'' (Rentz & Weissman, 1981)

References

Tettigoniinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1907 {{tettigoniidae-stub