''Decticus'' is a genus of
bush-cricket
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species
In biology, a species is the basic un ...
in the subfamily
Tettigoniinae
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crick ...
.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in Europe, in Asia and in North Africa.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
[Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Decticus'' Serville, 1831 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 30 May 2020)]
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* ''Decticus albifrons
''Decticus albifrons'', the southern wartbiter, is a species of katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Southern Europe.Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicel ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''Decticus annaelisae
''Decticus'' is a genus of bush-cricket in the subfamily Tettigoniinae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in Europe, in Asia and in North Africa.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:
* ''Decticus albifrons'' (Fabricius, ...
'' Ramme, 1929
* '' Decticus hieroglyphicus'' Klug, 1829
* '' Decticus loudoni'' Ramme, 1933
* '' Decticus nigrescens'' Tarbinsky, 1930
* ''Decticus verrucivorus
The wart-biter (''Decticus verrucivorus'') is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its common and scientific names derive from the eighteenth-century Swedish practice of allowing the crickets to nibble at warts to remove them.
Descriptio ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (''D. verrucivorus verrucivorus'')
References
Fauna Europaea
Catalogue of Life
NCBI
orthoptera-stub
Tettigoniidae genera
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