Hetrodes is a genus of South African , typical of the subfamily Hetrodinae, erected by Fischer von Waldheim in 1833. [Fischer von Waldheim (1833) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 2: 318.] It is a monotypic genus and currently the sole representative of the tribe Hetrodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878.[
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Species and subspecies
The Orthoptera Species File[ Orthoptera Species File: genus Hetrodes Fischer von Waldheim, 1833 (retrieved 11 December 2022)] lists the single species Hetrodes pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) and the following subspecies:
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H. pupus abbreviatus Walker, 1869
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H. pupus marginatus Walker, 1869
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H. pupus namaqua Péringuey, 1916
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H. pupus pupus (Linnaeus, 1758) – type (described as Gryllus pupus Linnaeus)
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