Alfredectes

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Alfredectes
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Alfredectes semiaeneus in George, Western Cape
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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 [1]
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:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.