''Pediodectes grandis'', the grand shieldback, is a species 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 ...
in the family
Tettigoniidae
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 are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...
. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Pediodectes grandis'':
* ''Pediodectes grandis grandis'' (Rehn, 1904)
* ''Pediodectes grandis insignis'' (Caudell, 1907)
References
Tettigoniinae
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Insects described in 1904
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