Orophus
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Collections
- INHS, NRM, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC)
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description and habitat
- Taxonomy
- References
Orophus is a small genus of katydids native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.
==Description and habitat== Katydids in this genus have an elongated head with ovoid eyes. The ovipositor is medium-sized, slightly crenulated, curving upwards, and one fifth of the length of the posterior femur. They are found in the understory rather than in the canopy in contrast with other members of the subfamily Phaneropterinae.
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