Pediodectes

Pediodectes is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about 10 described species in Pediodectes.[1][2][3][4]

Pediodectes stevensonii

Pediodectes
Pediodectes haldemanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Tettigoniinae
Genus:	Pediodectes Rehn & Hebard, 1916

Species

• Pediodectes bruneri (Caudell, 1907) (bruner shieldback)
• Pediodectes daedalus (daedalus shieldback) (likely synonymous with the next species, Pediodectes daedelus)
• Pediodectes daedelus (Rehn and Hebard, 1920)
• Pediodectes grandis (Rehn, 1904) (grand shieldback)
• Pediodectes haldemanii (Girard, 1854) (Haldeman's shieldback)
• Pediodectes mitchelli (Caudell, 1911)
• Pediodectes nigromarginatus (Caudell, 1902) (black-margined shieldback)
• Pediodectes pratti (Caudell, 1911)
• Pediodectes stevensonii (Thomas, 1870) (Stevenson's shieldback)
• Pediodectes tinkhami Hebard, 1934 (Tinkham's shieldback)

References

1. "Pediodectes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
2. "Pediodectes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
3. "Pediodectes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
4. "Orthoptera Species File Online".

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.