Meanings
plural tettigoniids
- biologyAny member of the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush-crickets.
Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.
1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations
Synonyms & antonyms
noungrasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
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