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African Shieldback Katydids
Arytropteridini
The subfamily Tettigoniinae, sometimes called shield-backed katydids, contains hundreds of species, which are native to the Americas, Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa, although the three groups are related. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in...
9 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Alfredectes
genusAlfredectes
Anarytropteris
genusAnarytropteris
Arytropteris
genusArytropteris
Subtropical Shield-backed Katydids
genusThoracistus
Madagascan Shieldback Katydids
genusToliaridectes
Ceresia
genusCeresia
Zuludectes
genusZuludectes
Namaquadectes
genusNamaquadectes
Transkeidectes
genusTranskeidectes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 523088.