Idiostatus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae and tribe Platycleidini, which are native to western North America.
The lateral lobes of the prothorax are as deep as they are long.
Species
These 28 species belong to the genus Idiostatus:
- Idiostatus aberrans <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus aequalis <small>(Scudder, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (uniform shieldback)
- Idiostatus apollo <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (Apollo shieldback)
- Idiostatus bechteli <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus bilineatus <small>(Thomas, 1875)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Idiostatus birchimi <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus californicus <small>Pictet, 1888</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (Pictet's shieldback)
- Idiostatus callimerus <small>Rehn and Hebard, 1920</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> (Pretty-thigh shieldback)
- Idiostatus chewaucan <small>Rentz and Lightfoot, 1976</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus elegans <small>Caudell, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus fuscopunctatus <small>(Scudder, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus fuscus <small>Caudell, 1934</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Idiostatus goedeni <small>Rentz, 1978</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus gurneyi <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (Gurney's shieldback)
- Idiostatus hermannii <small>(Thomas, C., 1875)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g b</sup></span> (Hermann's shieldback)
- Idiostatus inermis <small>(Scudder, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus inermoides <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> (Humboldt shieldback)
- Idiostatus inyo <small>Rehn and Hebard, 1920</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus kathleenae <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> (Pinnacles shieldback)
- Idiostatus magnificus <small>Hebard, 1934</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus major <small>Caudell, 1934</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus martinellii <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus middlekauffi <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> (Middlekauff's shieldback)
- Idiostatus rehni <small>Caudell, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> (Rehn's shieldback)
- Idiostatus sinuata <small>(Scudder, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Idiostatus variegatus <small>Caudell, 1907</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (variegated shield-back)
- Idiostatus viridis <small>Rentz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Idiostatus wymorei <small>Caudell, 1934</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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