Pediodectes

Pediodectes is a genus of shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about nine described species in Pediodectes. thumb|Pediodectes stevensonii, Stevenson's shieldback

==Species== These species belong to the genus Pediodectes: Pediodectes bruneri (Caudell, 1907) (bruner shieldback) Pediodectes daedelus (Rehn & Hebard, 1920) (daedalus shieldback) Pediodectes grandis (Rehn, 1904) (grand shieldback) Pediodectes haldemanii (Girard, 1854) (haldeman's shieldback) Pediodectes mitchelli (Caudell, 1911) Pediodectes nigromarginatus (Caudell, 1902) (black-margined shieldback) Pediodectes pratti (Caudell, 1911) Pediodectes stevensonii (Thomas, 1870) (Stevenson's shieldback) Pediodectes tinkhami Hebard, 1934 (Tinkham's shieldback)