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".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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)". ZooKeys (77): 17–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088056.
- ^ "Genus Schizodactylus Brullé, 1835: Orthoptera Species File".