''Arytropteris'' is a genus of
shield-backed katydid
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve Tribe (biology), tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European spec ...
s, containing the following species:
* ''
Arytropteris basalis''
(Walker, 1869) – flat-necked shieldback
* ''
Arytropteris granulithorax''
Péringuey, 1916 – east coast flat-necked shieldback
* ''
Arytropteris pondo''
(Rentz, 1988) – Pondo flat-necked shieldback
See also
* ''
Thoracistus
''Thoracistus'' is a genus of decticine or shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. The mostly carnivorous genus is endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, ...
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References
Tettigoniinae
Tettigoniidae genera
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