Alfredectes

Alfredectes is a genus of katydid, which is endemic to South Africa.

Alfredectes
A. semiaeneus in George, Western Cape
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:
Tettigoniinae
Genus:
Alfredectes

D.C.F. Rentz, 1988[1]
Species

See text.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Alfredectes browni Rentz, 1988[1] – Brown's shieldback
  • Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838)[1] – Alfred's shieldback

References
  1. Rentz, DCF (1988). "The shield-backed katylids of Southern Africa: their taxonomy, ecology and relationships to the faunas of Australia and South America (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : Tettigoniinae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 2 (2): 223–335. doi:10.1071/IT9880223.


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