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

species Atlanticus (Atlanticus) testaceus (Scudder, 1901)

• Common name(s):  Short-legged Shield-bearer; Protean Shieldback
• Images: (10) See all images
  • male (Hartford, CT)
  • habitus, lateral view (not a type)
  • male, pronotum (outline of disc) and tegmina
• Sound recordings:
  • Middlesex Co., NJ, cage in room, temp. 23 degrees C, 20 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • 
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (16):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1901[1899]. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 8:97 >> Engoniaspis testacea  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:181  
  • Caudell. 1907. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 32:324 >> Atlanticus pachymerus
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 42:47 >> Atlanticus testaceus  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:267
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):372 >> Atlanticus testaceus  
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:219 >> Atlanticus testaceus  
  • Hebard. 1938. Entomol. News 49:97 >> Note: In Pennsylvania
  • Tinkham. 1941. Notes Ent. Chinoise 8(5):230 >> Atlanticus testaceus
  • Gangwere. 1967. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 60:74-81 >> Atlanticus testaceus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim. 1968. Mem. Pacific Coast Ent. Soc. 3:103 >> Note: Chromosomes
  • Walker, T.J. 1975. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 68(3):608 >> Atlanticus testaceus
  • Ueshima & D.C.F. Rentz. 1979. Cytologia 44(3):697 >> Note: Chromosomes
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1998. Folia biologica (Krakow) 46:167 >> Note: chromosomes
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 171 >> Atlanticus testaceus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 185, Plate 41 >> Atlanticus testaceous
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Missouri, possibly Missouri
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  USNM Washington