Hetrodes Explained

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.

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)

Notes and References

1. Fischer von Waldheim (1833) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 318.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1134551 Orthoptera Species File: genus Hetrodes Fischer von Waldheim, 1833 (retrieved 11 December 2022)