Transkeidectes

Transkeidectes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Arytropteridini
Genus: Transkeidectes
Naskrecki, 1992
Species:
T. multidentis
Binomial name
Transkeidectes multidentis
Naskrecki, 1992

Transkeidectes multidentis, the Transkei shieldback, is a species of katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is the only species in the genus Transkeidectes. The species is endemic to Port St. Johns in South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Transkeidectes multidentis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T20659757A56073977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T20659757A56073977.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "Transkeidectes Naskrecki, 1992". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 24 November 2023.