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Schizodactylidae

Schizodactylidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent
Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Schizodactyloidea
Family: Schizodactylidae
Karny, 1927
Synonyms
  • Brauckmanniidae Martins-Neto 2007
  • Comicinae Ander, 1939[1]
  • Schizodactylini Blanchard, 1845

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
Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Schizodactylus

Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia

  1. Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
  2. Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935
  3. Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967
  4. Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901)
  5. Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
  6. Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
  7. Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury)
  8. Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
  9. Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938

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