''Tettigoides'' is an extinct genus of

katydid Insects in the 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 suborder Ensifera, the ...

s containing a single species, ''Tettigoides pectinata''. It is the only genus and species in the subfamily Tettigoidinae. It is known from

Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

aged deposits near

Dinmore, Queensland Dinmore is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dinmore had a population of 1,109 people. Geography Dinmore is situated in the crossroads area of, ...

, Australia.E. F. Riek. 1952. Fossil insects from the Tertiary sediments at Dinmore, Queensland. ''Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland'' 4(2):17-22

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Monotypic prehistoric insect genera {{Tettigoniidae-stub