''Eremopedes balli'', or Ball'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.
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Eremopedes balli'':
* ''Eremopedes balli balli'' Caudell, 1902
* ''Eremopedes balli pallidus'' Tinkham, 1944
References
Tettigoniinae
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Insects described in 1902
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