Arethaea is a genus of katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are at least 14 described species in Arethaea.
Species
- Arethaea ambulator <small>Hebard, 1936</small> (hill country thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea arachnopyga <small>Rehn & Hebard, 1914</small> (big bend thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea brevicauda <small>(Scudder, 1900)</small> (California thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea carita <small>Scudder, 1902</small> (Carita thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea constricta <small>Brunner, 1878</small> (prairie thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea coyotero <small>Hebard, 1935</small> (Mojave thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea gracilipes <small>(Thomas, 1870)</small> (thin-footed thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea grallator <small>(Scudder, 1877)</small> (stilt-walker katydid)
- Arethaea mescalero <small>Hebard, 1936</small> (mescalero thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea phalangium <small>(Scudder, 1877)</small> (eastern thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea phantasma <small>Rehn & Hebard, 1914</small> (Rio Grande thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea polingi <small>Hebard, 1935</small> (Poling's thread-legged katydid)
- Arethaea sellata <small>Rehn, 1907</small> (sellate thread-leg katydid)
- Arethaea semialata <small>Rehn & Hebard, 1914</small> (chihuahuan thread-leg katydid)
References
- Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). "Tettigonioidea". Orthoptera Species File 7, 373.
Further reading