Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869) is a animal in the Tettigoniidae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869)

Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869)

Zabalius ophthalmicus, the blue-legged sylvan katydid, is a common widespread katydid from Africa classified as least concern by IUCN.

Family
Genus
Zabalius
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869)

Zabalius ophthalmicus, commonly known as the blue-legged sylvan katydid, is a species of katydid. This species is found in southern, eastern, and central Africa, where it is common and widespread. Due to this status, the IUCN has classified Zabalius ophthalmicus as a species of least concern.

Photo: (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Grimm · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Zabalius

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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