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

References

  1. ^ "Genus Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Orthoptera Species File".
  2. ^ Gökhan Aydin & Andrey Khomutov (2008). "The biology, nymphal stages, and life habits of the endemic sand dune cricket Schizodactylus inexpectatus (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Zoology. 32: 427–432.
  3. ^ Fletcher, T. B. (1914) Some South Indian Insects. By Superintendent Government Press, Madras.
  4. ^ 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)". ZooKeys (77): 17–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088056.
  5. ^ "Genus Schizodactylus Brullé, 1835: Orthoptera Species File".

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