Subject: Green cicada-grasshoper like
Geographic location of the bug: North of Portugal
Date: 11/27/2019
Time: 06:52 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Found this little guy during the summer and the only name I can find for it is the local name (cigarrela) but I would apreciate if you could discover more about it
How you want your letter signed: Miguel Gonçalves
Dear Miguel,
This is a Shield-Backed Katydid in the subfamily Tettigoninae, and it is commonly called a Bush Cricket. It might be Steropleurus pseudolus which is pictured on FlickR. It might also be in the genus Ephippiger.
Comparing with the specimens on Naturdata (Bradyporidae): https://naturdata.com/especies-portugal/taxon/0@1-animalia:arthropoda:insecta:orthoptera:bradyporidae/
I would guess Pycnogaster cucullata: https://naturdata.com/especie/pycnogaster-cucullata/16764/0/
Thanks Cesar. I’m also waiting to hear back from Piotr Naskrecki.
Comparing with the specimens on Naturdata (Bradyporidae): https://naturdata.com/especies-portugal/taxon/0@1-animalia:arthropoda:insecta:orthoptera:bradyporidae/
I would guess Pycnogaster cucullata: https://naturdata.com/especie/pycnogaster-cucullata/16764/0/