Biology:Schizodactylidae
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Short description: Family of cricket-like animals
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| Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
| Family: | Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
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Schizodactylidae is a family of orthopteran insects found in Asia and southern Africa, known as dune crickets or splay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including Schizodactylus inexspectatus.[2] T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter.[3] Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.[4]
Taxonomy
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae[5] are included:
- †Brauckmannia Martins-Neto, 2007
- monotypic †B. groeningae Martins-Neto, 2007 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
- Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species
Schizodactylus
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia
- Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
- Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935
- Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967
- Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901)
- Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
- Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
- Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury)
- Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
- Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
References
- ↑ "Genus Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Orthoptera Species File". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1130515.
- ↑ Gökhan Aydin & Andrey Khomutov (2008). "The biology, nymphal stages, and life habits of the endemic sand dune cricket Schizodactylus inexpectatus (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)". Turkish Journal of Zoology 32: 427–432. http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-08-32-4/zoo-32-4-10-0708-5.pdf.
- ↑ Fletcher, T. B. (1914) Some South Indian Insects. By Superintendent Government Press, Madras.
- ↑ Heads, Sam; Leuzinger, Léa (2011-01-26). "On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera)" (in en). ZooKeys (77): 17–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088056. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2537/.
- ↑ "Genus Schizodactylus Brullé, 1835: Orthoptera Species File". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1130526.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3446250 entry
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