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Taxonomy

*Platylyra californica*
Platylyra californica
Other common names
	Chaparral false katydid, chaparral katydid
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Genus:	Platylyra
Scientific name
	Platylyra californica Scudder, 1898
Geography
Native countries:
	United States;
Sound
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For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Identification

Identification details

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Habitat and ecology

Land-Use change

Management

Pest status

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species. Read more…

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Graham Montgomery — 5 specimens collected
Ken-ichi Ueda — 5 specimens collected
Andrew Kleinhesselink — 2 specimens collected

Jessica Mullins — 1 specimen collected
Evan Krell — 1 specimen collected
Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Tyler Grant — 28 specimens identified
Graham Montgomery — 4 specimens identified
Ken-ichi Ueda — 3 specimens identified

Jessica Mullins — 1 specimen identified
Evan Krell — 1 specimen identified
Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen identified

References