Tettigoides
Appearance
Tettigoides Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | †Tettigoidinae Riek, 1952 |
Genus: | †Tettigoides Riek, 1952 |
Species: | †T. pectinata
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Binomial name | |
†Tettigoides pectinata Riek, 1952
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Tettigoides is an extinct genus of katydids containing a single species, Tettigoides pectinata. It is the only genus and species in the subfamily Tettigoidinae.[1] It is known from Ypresian aged deposits near Dinmore, Queensland, Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subfamily †Tettigoidinae Riek, 1952". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ E. F. Riek. 1952. Fossil insects from the Tertiary sediments at Dinmore, Queensland. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 4(2):17-22