''Steiroxys strepens'', known generally as the noisy shieldback or shield-backed katydid, 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 ...
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Tettigoniinae
Insects described in 1930
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