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Shieldback Katydids
Tettigoniinae
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...
15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Tettigoniini
tribeTettigoniini
Platycleidini
tribePlatycleidini
Pholidopterini
tribePholidopterini
Decticini
tribeDecticini
Drymadusini
tribeDrymadusini
Gampsocleidini
tribeGampsocleidini
Glyphonotini
tribeGlyphonotini
Apteropedetini
tribeApteropedetini
African Shieldback Katydids
tribeArytropteridini
Onconotini
tribeOnconotini
Plagiostirini
tribePlagiostirini
Ctenodecticini
tribeCtenodecticini
Bolua
genusBolua
Neogampsocleis
genusNeogampsocleis
Dreuxia
genusDreuxia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 82546.