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''Pediodectes'' is a genus of 
shield-backed katydid
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve Tribe (biology), tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar ...
s in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the subo ...
. There are about nine described species in ''Pediodectes''.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pediodectes'': * ''Pediodectes bruneri
''Pediodectes bruneri'', the bruner shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush cricket ...
'' (Caudell, 1907) (bruner shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes daedelus
''Pediodectes'' is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about nine described species in ''Pediodectes''.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pediodectes'':
* ''Pediodectes bruneri'' (Caudell, 1907) (br ...
'' (Rehn & Hebard, 1920) (daedalus shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes grandis
''Pediodectes grandis'', the grand shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets ...
'' (Rehn, 1904) (grand shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes haldemanii
''Pediodectes haldemanii'', known generally as the Haldeman's shieldback or American shield-back katydid, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly cal ...
'' (Girard, 1854) (haldeman's shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes mitchelli
''Pediodectes'' is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about nine described species in ''Pediodectes''.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pediodectes'':
* ''Pediodectes bruneri'' (Caudell, 1907) (br ...
'' (Caudell, 1911)
* ''Pediodectes nigromarginatus
''Pediodectes nigromarginatus'', the black-margined shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) ...
'' (Caudell, 1902) (black-margined shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes pratti
''Pediodectes'' is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about nine described species in ''Pediodectes''.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pediodectes'':
* ''Pediodectes bruneri'' (Caudell, 1907) (br ...
'' (Caudell, 1911)
* ''Pediodectes stevensonii
''Pediodectes stevensonii'', or Stevenson's shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush ...
'' (Thomas, 1870) (Stevenson's shieldback)
* ''Pediodectes tinkhami
''Pediodectes tinkhami'', or Tinkham's shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crick ...
'' Hebard, 1934 (Tinkham's shieldback)
References
Further reading
*External links
* Tettigoniinae {{tettigoniidae-stub