Hetrodes

Hetrodes is a genus of South African Orthopterans, typical of the subfamily Hetrodinae, erected by Fischer von Waldheim in 1833. [1] It is a monotypic genus and currently the sole representative of the tribe Hetrodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878.[2]

Hetrodes
Hetrodes pupus male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Hetrodinae
Genus: Hetrodes
Fischer von Waldheim, 1833

Species and subspecies

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the single species Hetrodes pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) and the following subspecies:

  1. H. pupus abbreviatus Walker, 1869
  2. H. pupus marginatus Walker, 1869
  3. H. pupus namaqua Péringuey, 1916
  4. H. pupus pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) – type (described as Gryllus pupus Linnaeus)
H. pupus pupus

References

  1. Fischer von Waldheim (1833) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 318.
  2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Hetrodes Fischer von Waldheim, 1833 (retrieved 11 December 2022)
  • Media related to Hetrodes at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Hetrodes at Wikispecies
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