Alfredectes

Alfredectes
	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
	See text

Last updated May 29, 2025

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^[1] – Brown's shieldback
Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838)^[1] – Alfred's shieldback

References

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.

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[Rentz1998-1] 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.

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Alfredectes

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^[1]
Species
See text