Markia hystrix
| Markia hystrix | |
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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: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Markia |
| Species: | M. hystrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Markia hystrix (Westwood, 1844)
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Markia hystrix is a species of katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It occurs in South America. [1] A common name for it is lichen katydid because it lives surrounded by Usnea lichen on which it sustains itself.
References
- ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Markia hystrix (Westwood, 1844)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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