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Plagiostira

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Plagiostira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Plagiostirini
Storozhenko, 1994
Genus: Plagiostira
Scudder, 1876

Plagiostira is a North American genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are at least three described species in Plagiostira.[1][2][3] It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Plagiostirini Storozhenko, 1994.[4]

Species

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These three species belong to the genus Plagiostira:

References

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  1. ^ "Plagiostira Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Plagiostira". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Plagiostira Scudder, 1876". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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