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  tribe Drymadusini Uvarov, 1924
genus Atlanticus (Scudder, 1894)
subgenus Atlanticus (Scudder, 1894)

species Atlanticus (Atlanticus) monticola Davis, 1915

• Common name(s):  Mountain Shield-bearer; least shieldback
• Images: (8) See all images
  • male pronotum (outline of disc) and tegmina
  • female pronotum (outline of disc)
  • female pronotum (outline of disc)
• Sound recordings:
  • Dickson Co., TN, cage in room, temp. 26 degrees C, 21 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • 
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Davis, W.T. 1915. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. (N. S.) 9:104 >> Atlanticus monticola
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 42:67 >> Atlanticus monticola  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:268
  • Tinkham. 1941. Notes Ent. Chinoise 8(5):232 >> Atlanticus monticola
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim. 1968. Mem. Pacific Coast Ent. Soc. 3:103 >> Atlanticus monticola
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 186 >> Atlanticus monticola
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., North Carolina, Transylvania County, Lake Toxaway
  • Kind of type:  syntype
  • Sex of type:  male, female
  • Location of type:  Brooklyn

• synonym pachymerus Rehn & Hebard, 1911