Pediodectes Explained

Pediodectes is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about nine described species in Pediodectes.

Species

These species belong to the genus Pediodectes:

• Pediodectes bruneri (Caudell, 1907) (bruner shieldback)
• Pediodectes daedelus (Rehn & Hebard, 1920) (daedalus shieldback)
• Pediodectes grandis (Rehn, 1904) (grand shieldback)
• Pediodectes haldemanii (Girard, 1854) (haldeman's shieldback)
• Pediodectes mitchelli (Caudell, 1911)
• Pediodectes nigromarginatus (Caudell, 1902) (black-margined shieldback)
• Pediodectes pratti (Caudell, 1911)
• Pediodectes stevensonii (Thomas, 1870) (Stevenson's shieldback)
• Pediodectes tinkhami Hebard, 1934 (Tinkham's shieldback)

Further reading

• Book: Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. 2004. Capinera . J. L. Scott . R. D.. Walker . T. J.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8.