Genus Pediodectes

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Cricket ID Request - Pediodectes bruneri - female

Shieldback Katydid - Pediodectes - female

Stevenson's Shieldback - Pediodectes stevensonii - female

Pediodectes haldemanii - alluring gland behaviour - Pediodectes haldemanii - male - female

Pediodectes sp. F1 nymph at 14 days old (used for article in Rearing forum) - Pediodectes

Pediodectes sp. very old male (used for article in Rearing forum) - Pediodectes - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)

Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)

Subfamily Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)

Genus Pediodectes

Numbers

9 spp. total (many of uncertain validity), about 3 in our area(1)(2)

Range

across NA(1)

Remarks

Some of the species in this genus are very distinctive and can be recognized at a glance, but the majority are rather difficult to reliably tell apart from photos alone. Color patterns vary individually and with age (and it is often difficult to tell if an individual in a photo is a nymph or an adult). Some of the species seem to "run together" and not be entirely distinct from one-another. And, there may also still be unnamed species. So, identifications of some of the more similar looking species here on BugGuide should be considered tentative, especially from within Texas (where the majority of "species" occur).

Works Cited

1.	Orthoptera Species File Online

2.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 October, 2006 - 4:46pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 15 July, 2019 - 2:31pm

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