Robust shieldback katydid (Atlanticus gibbosus)

Atlanticus gibbosus
Other common names
Robust shield-bearer
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Tettigoniinae
Tribe:	Drymadusini
Genus:	Atlanticus
Scientific name
Atlanticus gibbosus Scudder, 1894
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Forbs, Insects
Sound
Listen to this species on SINA and SOI

The Robust shieldback katydid (Atlanticus gibbosus) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae (shield-backed katydids).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAtlanticus gibbosus

Habitat

Herbicole, Graminicole

Sound

Stridulation

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
NatureServe Explorer				View URL
Songs of Insects	Lang Elliott and Will Hershberger			View URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Delano Lewis — 1 specimen collected
• William Kuhn — 1 specimen collected
• Gustav Paulay — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• William Kuhn — 1 specimen identified
• Gustav Paulay — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)UMLS CUIXeno-canto