Schizodactylidae Temporal range:
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Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
Family: |
Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae [5] are included:
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia
Schizodactylidae Temporal range:
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Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
Family: |
Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae [5] are included:
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia