Alfredectes | |
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Alfredectes semiaeneus in George, Western Cape | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
Tribe: | Arytropteridini |
Genus: | Alfredectes D.C.F. Rentz, 1988 |
Species | |
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Alfredectes is a genus of bush crickets or katydids, which is endemic to South Africa.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Alfredectes browni Rentz, 1988 – Brown's shieldback
- Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838) – Alfred's shieldback
References
- ^ 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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