Transkeidectes

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Transkeidectes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Arytropteridini
Genus: Transkeidectes
Naskrecki, 1992
Species:
T. multidentis
Binomial name
Transkeidectes multidentis
Naskrecki, 1992

Transkeidectes multidentis, the Transkei shieldback, is a species of katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is the only species in the genus Transkeidectes. [2] The species is endemic to Port St. Johns in South Africa.

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References

  1. Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Transkeidectes multidentis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2014: e.T20659757A56073977. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T20659757A56073977.en . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "Transkeidectes Naskrecki, 1992". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 24 November 2023.