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 tribeHetrodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878.[2]
Species and subspecies
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the single species Hetrodes pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) and the following subspecies:
H. pupus abbreviatus Walker, 1869
H. pupus marginatus Walker, 1869
H. pupus namaqua Péringuey, 1916
H. pupus pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) – type (described as Gryllus pupus Linnaeus)
References
^Fischer von Waldheim (1833) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 318.