Transkeidectes

Transkeidectes multidentis, the Transkei shieldback, is a species of katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is the only species in the genus Transkeidectes.^[2] The species is endemic to Port St. Johns in South Africa.

Transkeidectes
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Tettigoniinae
Tribe:	Arytropteridini
Genus:	Transkeidectes Naskrecki, 1992
Species:	T. multidentis
Binomial name
Transkeidectes multidentis Naskrecki, 1992