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{{Short description|Genus of cricket-like animals}}
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| name = ''Decticus''
| image = Tettigoniidae - Decticus verrucivorus.jpg
| image = Tettigoniidae - Decticus verrucivorus.jpg
| image_caption = Adult male of ''[[Decticus verrucivorus]]''
| image_caption = Adult male of ''[[Decticus verrucivorus]]''
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| parent_authority = Herman, 1874
| taxon = Decticus
| taxon = Decticus
| authority = Serville 1831
| authority = [[Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville|Serville]], 1831
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'''''Decticus''''' is a genus of [[Tettigoniidae|bush-cricket]] in the subfamily [[Tettigoniinae]]; it is the sole genus in the monotypic tribe '''Decticini''' <small>Herman, 1874</small>.
'''''Decticus''''' is the "[[wart-biter]]" genus of [[Tettigoniidae|bush-crickets]] in the subfamily [[Tettigoniinae]]; it is the sole genus in the monotypic tribe '''Decticini''' <small>Herman, 1874</small>.


==Distribution==
==Distribution==

Latest revision as of 22:11, 11 November 2023

Decticus
Adult male of Decticus verrucivorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Decticini
Herman, 1874
Genus: Decticus
Serville, 1831

Decticus is the "wart-biter" genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae; it is the sole genus in the monotypic tribe Decticini Herman, 1874.

Distribution[edit]

Species of this genus are present in Europe, in Asia and in North Africa.

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File[1] lists:

  1. Decticus albifrons (Fabricius, 1775)
  2. Decticus annaelisae Ramme, 1929
  3. Decticus hieroglyphicus Klug, 1829
  4. Decticus loudoni Ramme, 1933
  5. Decticus nigrescens Tarbinsky, 1930
  6. Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (D. verrucivorus verrucivorus)

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