Theledectes is an extinct genus of theledectine procolophonid parareptile from middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Free State Province, South Africa.The type species, Theledectes perforatus, is based on the holotype BP/1/4585, a flattened skull.

This skull was collected by the South African palaeontologist, James W. Kitching from Hugoskop in the Rouxville District and referred to subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Burgersdorp Formation, Beaufort Group (Karoo Basin).

However, the dentition is also distinctly inset from the rest of the face by a large curved area, a trait also known in Hypsognathus.

In 2008, Juan Carlos Cisneros named the subfamily Theledectinae to encompass Theledectes and "E." dongshengensis.

[3] Cladogram after Cisneros, 2008:[3] Coletta Pintosaurus Sauropareion Phaanthosaurus "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis Theledectes Tichvinskia Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae