''Decticus'' is the "
wart-biter" genus of
bush-crickets in the subfamily
Tettigoniinae
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crick ...
; it is the sole genus in the monotypic tribe Decticini
Herman, 1874.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in Europe, in Asia and in North Africa.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
[Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Decticus'' Serville, 1831 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 30 May 2020)]
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# '' Decticus albifrons'' (Fabricius, 1775)
# '' Decticus annaelisae'' Ramme, 1929
# '' Decticus hieroglyphicus'' Klug, 1832
# '' Decticus loudoni'' Ramme, 1933
# '' Decticus nigrescens'' Tarbinsky, 1930
# '' Decticus verrucivorus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (''D. verrucivorus verrucivorus'')
References
External links
Fauna Europaea
Catalogue of Life
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Tettigoniidae genera
Tettigoniinae