Hetrodes
Appearance
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Hetrodes pupus male | |
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female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Hetrodinae |
Tribe: | Hetrodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 |
Genus: | Hetrodes Fischer von Waldheim, 1833 |
Species: | H. pupus
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Binomial name | |
Hetrodes pupus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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]
Species and subspecies
[edit]The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the single species Hetrodes pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) and the following subspecies:
- H. pupus abbreviatus Walker, 1869
- H. pupus marginatus Walker, 1869
- H. pupus namaqua Péringuey, 1916
- H. pupus pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) – type (described as Gryllus pupus Linnaeus)
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References
[edit]- ^ Fischer von Waldheim (1833) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 318.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Hetrodes Fischer von Waldheim, 1833 (retrieved 11 December 2022)